FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 195 



Trochodendron (Magnoliaceae). 



TROCHODENDBON ABALIOIDES. Japan (1894, or before). A 

 distinct small-growing tree with large evergreen leaves that 

 vary from 4 inches to 5 inches in length and, when well 

 established, bearing both flowers and fruit in this country. 

 The flowers are green and star-like in shape. We have 

 found it somewhat difficult to deal with, but in several 

 parts of England, the warmer and more sheltered, it has 

 become quite established. 



Ulex (Leguminoseae), 



ULEX EUROpjEus. Furze, Gorse, or Whin. This pretty 

 native shrub needs no description, suffice it to say that it 

 is one of the handsomest flowering species in cultivation. 

 U. europseus fiore-pleno (Double-flowered Gorse) is even 

 more beautiful than the species, the wealth of golden 

 flowers almost hiding the plant from view. U. europseus 

 strictus (Irish Furze) is of more erect and slender growth, 

 and less rigid than the common species. 



U. NANUS. Dwarf Gorse, Cat Whin, and Tarn Furze. 

 This differs considerably from the common plant, not only 

 in stature, but in the time of flowering. In this species 

 the bracts at the calyx base are small compared with 

 those of U. europaeus, while the smaller flowers are 

 produced during summer, and when not a bloom is to be 

 found on its supposed parent. It is of dense growth, the 

 tallest stems rarely rising from the ground to a greater 

 height than about 15 inches. 



All the Furze family succeed admirably in the poorest 

 of soil; indeed, a dry gravelly bank would seem to be 

 their favourite haunt. 



Vaccinium (Vacciniaceae). 



VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM. Canada to Carolina and 

 Georgia, 1765. This is one of the most beautiful and 



