FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



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NAME. 



COUNTRY OR 



ORIGIN AND 



NATURAL ORDER, 



O. macrodonta (New New Zealand 

 Zealand Daisy 

 tree), (Syn O. 

 dentata) 



I O. stellulata (Syn. New Zealand 

 O. gunniana, 

 Eurybia gunniana) j 



; O. Traversii (Syn New Zealand 

 Eurybia Traversii) 



Oxydendron arborea 



Ozothamnus 

 marinifolius 



: "Pernettya 

 nata 



Eastern 

 United States 

 Ericaceae 



South Australia 



and Tasmania ; 



Composite 



Cape Horn, 

 I introduced in 1828 

 Ericaceae 



COLOUR 

 AND 



SEASON. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



White ; This has large Holly-like leaves, 

 July silvery on the undersides, and 



heads of Daisy-like blossoms. 

 Far more tender than O. 

 Haastii, this needs a wall in 

 most parts of the south of 

 England, though it is hardy 

 in the extreme west and in 

 the south of Ireland. 



White, An evergreen bush, with small 

 yellow disc ; narrow leaves, the undersides 

 May and covered with whitish felt. 

 June The Daisy-like flowers appear 



in profusion. Its require- 

 ments are the same as the 

 last. 



White ; In its native country this is a 

 June timber tree, but here it needs 



the same treatment as the 

 last two. The flowers are 

 small and creamy white. 

 Pure This is a charming shrub, but 



white ; in its native country grows 



June and to a height of 40 feet. The 

 July leaves are dark green, but 



very richly coloured in 

 autumn. The bell-shaped 

 white flowers remind one of 

 those of the Lily of the 

 Valley, and appear in pretty 

 racemes. 



White ; ! A neat shrub, 4 to 5 feet high, 

 July with narrow rosemary-like 



leaves, and during the sum- 

 mer a profusion of white Aster- 

 like blossoms. It is hardy 

 only in the West of England. 

 Berries the ; Many garden varieties. Be- 

 chief beauty tvveen 1878 and 1882 the 

 Moral committee of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society 

 awarded no less than seven 

 first-class certificates, select- 

 ing the following varieties for 

 the purpose : P. alba, carnea 

 nana, lilacina macrocarpa, 

 nigra major, rosea purpurea, 

 and sanguinea. There are 

 ten or a dozen quite distinct 

 shades of colouring, from 

 white through tenderest pink, 

 white and rosy pink, the 

 colours then reaching to a 

 soft scarlet, and ending with 

 a dark blood-red, reminding 

 one of the seeds of the 

 Pomegranate, and also the 

 differences in the size of the 

 berries and foliage, par- 

 ticulars which impart ad- 

 ditional interest to this useful 



