FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 85 



Hamamelis (Hamamelideae). 



HAMAMELIS JAPONICA. The Japanese Witch Hazel. 

 Japan, 1862. This is a small species with lemon-yellow 

 flowers. H. japonica arborea is a taller growing variety, 

 with primrose-yellow petals, and a deep claret calyx. The 

 flowers are borne in clusters in early spring. Rarely in 

 this country do we find this species of greater height than 

 about 8 feet, but it is of bushy growth, though somewhat 

 straggling in appearance. As early as the beginning of 

 January this Witch Hazel may be found in bloom, the 

 bare branches being studded here and there with the 

 curious-shaped flowers, these having bright-yellow, twisted 

 petals and reddish calyces. H. j. Zuccariniana is a very 

 desirable free-flowering variety, with pale-yellow petals 

 and a greenish-brown calyx. 



H. MOLLIS. China, 1898. This is a distinct species with 

 large leaves, often 5 inches long, which are thickly covered 

 on the undersides with a felt-like down. The flowers are 

 pale yellow, and produced early in the year. 



H. VIRGINIANA. Virginian Witch Hazel. North America, 

 1736. This has smaller flowers than H. j. arborea, and 

 they are plentifully produced in autumn or early winter. 

 In this country it assumes the shape of an open bush of 

 about 6 feet in height, but is usually of untidy appearance 

 from the branches being irregularly disposed. 



They all deligh't in cool, rather moist soil, and are of 

 value for their early-flowering nature. 



Hedysarum (Leguminosae). 



HEDYSARTJM MULTIJUGUM. South Mongolia, 1883. Hardly 

 twenty years have elapsed since this pretty shrub was 

 introduced into England, and it is at present rather 

 rare in our gardens. It is a decided acquisition, if only 

 for the production of flowers at a time when these are 



