178 TREES AND SHRUBS 



simply covered with golden blossom which was 

 thrown into high relief by a background of Ilexes. 

 A. verticillata is another handsome species flowering 

 later in the spring. It is a very rapid grower, reach- 

 ing a height of 15 feet in a few years, generally 

 growing in the form of a broad-based cone, with its 

 lower branches but a foot or so from the ground. 

 When in flower it is so covered with its pale-yellow 

 blossoms that no foliage is discernible. A. armata 

 may be seen as a bush 7 feet high and as much in 

 diameter. A. ovata Mr. Fitzherbert has only seen 

 as a bush some 3 feet high ; very pretty when 

 bearing its circular, golden flower-bells. A. longifolia 

 is another handsome tree, with leaves something like 

 those of an Oleander and bright-yellow flowers. A. 

 melanoxylon is a fine tree. The specimen at Tresco 

 is about 50 feet in height, and there are good 

 examples on the mainland. Pale -yellow flowers 

 produced in profusion. Other species met with 

 are A. riceana, A. (Albizzia) lophantha, A. calaniifolia, 

 A. linifoliay A. latifolia y and A. platyptera, the latter 

 against a wall. 



ADENANDRA FRAGRANS. Cape of Good Hope. A 

 small evergreen shrub, bearing fragrant, rose-coloured 

 flowers. Tregothnan. 



ANOPTERUS GLANDULOSA. Tasmania. A vigorous 

 evergreen shrub, with dark, shining green leaves, 

 bearing long, erect terminal racemes of white, cup- 

 shaped flowers, resembling the blooms of Clethra 

 arborea, but larger. Tregothnan. 



ARALIA QUINQUEFOLIA. Garden seedling. A 



