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TREES AND SHRUBS 



NAME. 



COUNTRY OK 



ORIGIN AND 



j NATURAL ORDER. 



Ulex europoeus (the 

 Furze, Gorse, or 

 Whin) 



Europe ; 

 Leguminosce 



U. nanus (Dwarf 

 Furze) 



Europe 



COLOUR 



AND 



SEASON. 



GENERAL REMARKS. 



Yellow 



it luxuriates in dry, sandy, 

 and stony soils, where little 

 else will grow, and its golden 

 blossoms are borne usually 

 from February to May, 

 though occasionally through- 

 out the entire winter. The 

 double - flowered variety 

 flore-pleno is even more 

 valuable from a flowering 

 point of view than the type. 

 Both transplant badly, hence 

 the common kind is usually 

 sown where it has to remain, 

 and the double-flowered form 

 struck from cuttings in a 

 frame, and kept in pots till 

 permanently planted. 

 Of dwarfer and denser habit 

 than the common Furze, but 

 its most prominent feature 

 consists in the fact that it 

 often commences to flower 

 in August, and continues 

 till Christmas, after which 

 the common Furze asserts 

 itself. The cultural items 

 appended to the preceding 

 species apply with equal force 

 to this. 



VERONICA. There are a vast number of Veronicas, all natives of New Zealand, and 

 garden forms raised from them, but many can only be regarded as hardy in the 

 extreme west of England and Ireland, whereas some of the hardiest are from their 

 diminutive growth suitable only for rockwork The best are 



Yellow 



Veronica Andersonii 



V. hulkeana 



Garden Origin 

 (Scrophularineae) 



Purple ; 

 Summer 



and 

 Autumn 



New Zealand 



Pale 



lavender ; 

 May and 



June 



A neat evergreen shrub with 

 dense spikes of bluish- 

 purple blossoms in great pro- 

 fusion for a long period. 

 Near the sea, in especially 

 favoured spots, it is delight- 

 ful, while in other districts it 

 forms a valuable subject for 

 greenhouse or conservatory. 

 Of the numerous other garden 

 forms belonging to this sec- 

 tion the following are all 

 good: Blue Gem, light blue ; 

 Bolide, reddish; Celestial, 

 sky blue, light centre ; La 

 Seduisante, rich reddish- 

 purple ; Marie Antoinette, 

 pink ; Purple Queen, rich 

 purple ; and Reine des 

 Blanches, white. 



Very distinct ; it has large 

 terminal panicles of pale 

 lavender flowers. 



