40 FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS. 



Aralia spinosa, or Angelica tree, about ten feet high ; 

 flowers in very large bunches, and continues a long while in 

 bloom. 



Cytisus Laburnum, or Golden Chain ; a most elegant shrub, 

 producing long racemes or bunches of yellow flowers in 

 June and July ; there are two kinds, the English and the 

 Scotch Laburnum. The Scotch is the largest, forming a 

 pretty large shrub ; the English kind is greener, more com- 

 pact, and by some thought to be the handsomest ; they ought 

 to be in every garden. 



Calycanthus Floridus, Allspice, or sweet-scented shrub, a 

 native of the Southern States ; the flowers are of a very 

 dark chocolate colour, and the ftagrance very much resem- 

 bles ripe strawberries ; easily kept when once introduced. 

 This shrub generally grows about five feet high in gardens, 

 and blossoms from May to August. 



Ceanothus Americanus, Red Root, or Jersey Tea Tree ; a 

 plant or two in the collection, as it flowers in profusion, is 

 worth having. 



Cercis siliquastrum, or Judas tree. The flowers appear 

 very early in the spring, before the leaves come out, aud 

 make a fine appearance ; as it grows rather tall, it is calcu- 

 lated for the back row of the shrubbery. 



Colutea arbor escens, or Bladder Senna, having bunches of 

 yellow flowers in June and July, which are succeeded by 

 seed in a kind of bladder ; calculated for the back or centre 

 row of shrubberies. 



Crataegus oxyacantha, the Hawthorn. It makes a pretty 

 appearance planted out singly in the back or centre row ; 

 the flowers are very fragrant; it is sometimes called the 

 Pride of May ; the double white, double scarlet, and single 

 scarlet Hawthorn, are very beautiful, and ought to be in 

 every plantation. Hawthorn hedges are much used in Eng- 

 land, where they look very handsome when clipped ; but 

 they do not answer so well in this country, the heat of our 

 summers causing the leaves to fall off early, often in Julyj 



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