CORNUS FLORIDA RUBRA. 



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well upon the plant, but are worthless for 

 cutting. 



CORNUS FLORIDA RUBRA. It 



is a source of regret to shrub-lovers that 

 the ordinary C. florida rarely flowers in 

 England, but this variety does, and we 

 figure an example in flower from Mr. 

 Chamber's garden at Haslemere. It has 

 pure pink bracts. There is also a variety 



C. buddleoides is from the New 

 Zealand coast-belt, with glossy leaves 

 forming a handsome shrub 10 ft. high 

 and through, with lance-shaped dark 

 green leaves, silvery on the under side, 

 from a downy covering which extends to 

 the stems and branches. Starry yellow 

 flowers with an orange centre appear in 

 loose spike-like clusters during May and 



Cornus florida rubra. 



know as Cornus florida pendula, with a 

 weeping habit.' The large white invol- 

 ucral bracts which surround the flowers 

 come in great abundance before the 

 leaves appear. 



COROKIA. Two pretty evergreen 

 shrubs from New Zealand, allied to the 

 Dogwoods, and hardy only in the warmer 

 parts of Britain. Plants more unlike are 

 seldom found so nearly related. Increase 

 by cuttings rooted in sand under a hand- 

 light, or by layers in the autumn. 



June, followed by oval yellow berries. It 

 likes a half-shaded position in good loam, 

 growing fast and fruiting freely. 



C. cotoneaster. Coming from the 

 mountains, this kind is hardier, and 

 easily grown in southern gardens. Though 

 really evergreen, the leaves are so small 

 and scattered that even in full growth the 

 plant has a peculiar appearance, and yet 

 so thickly do the stems interlace that 

 there is no suggestion of nakedness. The 

 tiny leaves are in the shape of a minia- 



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