FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 371 



NAME. 



^Fuchsia globosa 



F. gracilis 



* Fuchsia Riccartoni 



Garrya elliptica 



COUNTRY OR 



ORIGIN AND 



NATURAL ORDER. 



Chili 



Mexico 



Garden Origin 



California ; 

 Cornacece 



COLOUR 



AND 



SEASON. 



Red; 

 Summer 



and 

 Autumn 



Red; 

 Summer 



and 

 Autumn 



Genista 



G. aethnensis 



Leguminosae 



Slopes of Mount 

 Etna, in Sicily 



Red; 

 Summer 



and 

 Autumn 



Greenish ; 



Winter and 



very early 



Spring 



July and 

 August ; 

 Golden 

 yellow 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



A free-growing Fuchsia which, 

 if cut to the ground, pushes 

 up long, wand-like shoots 

 that branch out freely, and 

 towards the latter part of 

 the summer are smothered 

 with bright-coloured flowers. 

 In the bud state these are of 

 a globose shape, hence its 

 specific name. 



The name gracilis well ex- 

 presses the prominent fea- 

 tures of this Fuchsia, for, 

 though as vigorous as glo- 

 bosa, it is far more slender 

 and graceful. Where not 

 perfectly hardy the drooping 

 flowers are seen to great 

 advantage when the shrub is 

 trained to a wall, and planted 

 in a permanent bed the old 

 stools will, even in the North 

 of England, pass unscathed 

 through the winter, if pro- 

 tected by a mulch of decayed 

 leaves. 



This has the reputation of being 

 the hardiest of all the hardy 

 Fuchsias. It is in appear- 

 ance about midway between 

 F. gracilis and F. globosa, 

 and is as good as F. gracilis. 



A handsome evergreen shrub 

 with very dark green, 

 leathery, oval leaves, about 

 3 inches long. Its most not- 

 able feature is the long, pen- 

 dulous male catkins, with 

 which the plant is freely 

 draped during the early 

 months of the year. This 

 Garrya is all the better for 

 the protection of a wall in 

 most parts of the country. 

 The male and female flowers 

 are borne on separate plants, 

 the male being, owing to its 

 catkins, by far the most orna- 

 mental. 



A popular group of shrubs, 

 allied to the Cytisus, and de- 

 lighting in dry sandy soils. 

 A group of the finer species 

 is very rich in colour when 

 in flower. 



This Broom is perfectly hardy 

 near London. It is one of 

 the rarest of shrubs in 

 gardens in spite of its 

 beauty, and it flowers in 

 July and August, a season 



