THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



CORON1LI.A. 



green tree, a native of N. India and China. 

 Unfortunately, it is not hardy in this coun- 

 try, except in Devon and Cornwall, where 

 some remarkably fine specimens exist. 

 In the gardens of Mr. R. G. Lake, Tre- 

 varrick, St. Austell, some trees are about 

 40 ft. high, and the trunk of one is 5 ft. in 

 diameter at 5 ft. from the ground ; these 

 are believed to be the largest in this 

 country. There are numbers of fine 

 specimens at Trelissick, and also in the 

 gardens of Mr. J. Rashleigh. The large 

 bracts, white tinged with pink or rose, 

 make this one of the most beautiful trees 

 when in flower, and the large clear red 

 fleshy fruits, somewhat resembling a 

 Strawberry in appearance, make it equally 

 attractive when in fruit. 



C. circinata. This is conspicuous by 

 reason of its large round leaves, which 

 are 4 or 5 in. long and 3 in. or more 

 wide, and its clusters of bright-blue 

 fruits, each being about the size of 

 a Pea. It is 3 ft. or more rarely 

 reaching 10 ft. in height, and has rather 

 rigid erect stems covered with warted 

 bark, which is at first pale green, and later 

 becomes light brown or purple. The 

 flowers are small, yellowish white in colour. 

 A native of the Eastern United States. 



C. florida (the Flowering Dog^vood) is 

 very showy in flower, scarcely less so in 

 fruit, and very beautiful in autumn when 

 the leaves change colour before falling. 

 Unfortunately, we do not obtain sufficient 

 summer heat to thoroughly ripen the 

 wood, and so the flowering of this species 

 in Britain is a rare occurrence, although 

 it was one of the earliest amongst North 

 American shrubs to find its way to British 

 gardens. 



C. Kousa is a native of Japan, and a new 

 species, quite hardy, but needs to be 

 thoroughly well established and several 

 years old before it really shows to advan- 

 tage. The white flowers appear in May 

 and June. Syn. Benthamia japonica. 



C. Mas (Cornelian Cherry). Although 

 the flowers of this species are small, they 

 are borne so freely by old trees that, 

 with the exception of the Witch Hazels, 

 there are no large shrubs flowering in 

 February or March which can vie with 

 it, the clusters of yellow flowers conspicu- 

 ous on the leafless twigs. Old trees fruit 

 freely, and bear fruit half an inch long 

 or more, bright red and individually 

 as handsome as a Cherry. On the Con- 

 tinent in many places selected varieties 

 are grown for the sake of the fruit, 

 for preserving. Amongst the forms are 

 some with yellow, bright blood-red, and 

 violet fruits, and another with fruit much 



larger than that of the wild plant. 

 The Cornelian Cherry is a native of 

 Central and Southern Europe, and some- 

 times attains 20 ft. in height. There 

 are fine-leaved varieties ; the best are 

 C. Mas variegata, a pretty shrub with 

 white variegated leaves, and C. Mas 

 elegantissima, with gold and green leaves 

 often suffused with red. 



C. Nuttalli. A tree, in its native 

 country, 50 or 60 ft. high. Generally it 

 has six large, broad white bracts 2 in. or 

 3 in. long, so that the so-called flower 

 measures 4 in. or 6 in. across. It is one 

 of the most beautiful trees in the forests 

 in many parts of California and Oregon. 



C. stolonifera (Red Osier Dogwood). 

 It spreads and multiplies freely by 

 prostrate or subterranean shoots, and 

 grows 6 or 8 ft. high ; the leaves light 

 green above and paler beneath ; fruit 

 varying from white to lead colour. In 

 winter the growths, especially those of the 

 previous season, are of a bright red-purple 

 colour. In its native habitats it affects 

 wet places, but in Britain I have seen it 

 do well in dry ground. N. America. 



C. suecica is a native of Northern and 

 Arctic Europe, Asia, and America, in 

 Britain occurring on high moorlands from 

 Yorkshire northwards, and ascends to 

 3000 ft. It is a charming little plant, 

 flowering in July and August, with con- 

 spicuous, rather large white bracts, fol- 

 lowed by red drupes. It should be 

 grown in light soil or in peat in partial 

 shade in the bog garden. N. 



CORONILLA. Flowering shrubs of 

 the Pea family, including at least two good 

 herbaceous plants. 



C. Emerus (Scorpion Senna). An 

 elegant loose bush, 3 to 6 ft. high, in 

 mild seasons, remaining 

 green through the winter. 

 The flowers are reddish 

 when first expanded, be- 

 coming yellow. It blooms 

 freely in early summer,and 

 flowers again in autumn. 

 This is the only bushy 

 Coronilla that can be well 

 grown in the open air in 

 our country, but in mild 

 districts C.glauca, a beau- 

 tiful shrub with glaucous 

 foliage and yellow flowers, usually grown 

 in greenhouses, may be grown out-of- 

 doors. S. Europe. 



C. iberica is about i ft. high, and has 

 a dense tuft of slender stems that trail on 

 the ground or fall gracefully over the 

 ledge of a rock. It makes a pretty show 

 in early summer with its bright-yellow 



Coronilla. 



