Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Climbers 23 



bark; also a golden -leaved weeping form, laciniata, with deeply cut 

 leaves. The Flowering or Manna Ash (F. Omus) makes a fine tree. It 

 has drooping clusters of white flowers. There are other species, like 

 americana, the White American Ash; and pubescens, the Red or Black 

 Ash. The choice varieties are grafted on common stocks. 



Fuchsia. In the mildest parts of the kingdom Fuchsias attain the 

 dignity of hardy shrubs, and make splendid flowering hedges or garden 

 ornaments. The best kinds for the open air are cornea, scarlet sepals, 

 purple petals; coccinea, scarlet sepals, violet petals; corallina, crimson 

 sepals, deep-purple petals; globosa, purple-red sepals, purple- violet petals; 

 gracilis, scarlet sepals, purple petals; 

 macrostemTna (magellanica), scarlet 

 sepals; Riccartoni, deep crimson. 

 (See also Vol. II, p. 171.) 



Garrya elliptica. A pretty North 

 American evergreen shrub with 

 leathery leaves and yellowish-green 

 catkins from November to February. 

 The pollen-bearing (male) plant (fig. 

 424) is handsomer than the seed- 

 bearing one. Grows in any good 

 garden soil in sheltered spots, and is 

 raised from cuttings or layers. 



Gaultheria. Dwarf or trailing 

 North American shrubs useful for 

 carpeting the ground with their 

 evergreen foliage. G. procumbens 

 grows 4 to 6 in. high, its white 

 tubular flowers appearing over the 

 lance-shaped leaves about July and 



August. G. ShaUon, 2-3 ft high, Fig. 424 Garrya eHiprtco (pollen-bearing catkins). (J.) 



has broadly heart-shaped leaves and 



racemes of pink and white flowers. 



species (nummularioides and trichophylla) and one from New Zealand, 



antipoda, not well known. They like a peaty soil, and are increased by 



seeds, layers, or cuttings. 



Genista. Ornamental flowering twiggy shrubs closely related to the 

 Brooms (Cytisus), and easily grown in any garden soil, or even a poor 

 soil. Most of them are easily raised from seeds. The best known are 

 cetnensis, the Mount Etna Broom, 10 ft.; hispanica, the Spanish Gorse, 

 with spiny branches; pUosa, trailing stems; tinctoria, the Dyers' Green- 

 weed, with a tall-growing form, elatior; and virgata, 10-15 ft. all with 

 bright golden-yellow flowers freely produced in summer. 



Griselinia littoralis. This and G. lucida are fine New Zealand ever- 

 greens with shining - green leathery leaves. Chiefly useful for seaside 

 planting in the most favoured spots. 



There are a couple of Himalayan 



