108 TOWN PLANTING 



specimens a beauty which is almost im- 

 possible to describe. 



HYPERICUM NEPALENSIS is probably the 

 best of the St. John's Worts for withstanding 

 smoke, dust, and heat. It is a plant of great 

 beauty, the bright foliage and abundance of 

 large golden flowers placing it in the first 

 rank as an ornamental shrub. H '. calycinum 

 is also valuable for similar purposes; while, 

 for edging to the shrubbery, or for covering 

 bare spots, it has few equals. 



HYPERICUM PROLIFICUM is a first-class 

 shrub for the town garden and succeeds well 

 even in the most smoky parts of London, 

 as at the Tate Gallery, nearly opposite the 

 Lambeth potteries, and in the East End by 

 Poplar and Bow. It attains to a height of 

 4 ft., with twiggy stems and abundantly pro- 

 duced bright yellow flowers. 



THE TUTSAN, or SWEET AMBER (H. An- 

 droscemum), is also suitable for planting in 

 confined spaces and where the air is vitiated 

 and impure. It rarely exceeds 2 ft. in height, 



