TREES AND SHRUBS. 23 



Chimonanthus fragrans grandiflora 



(Japanese Allspice), also known as Calycanthus 

 prcecox grandiflora, is so sweetly scented that it would 

 be welcomed by all even if it chose to add its flowers 

 to the many joys we already have in Summer ; how 

 doubly, then, do we welcome its soft yellow flowers in 

 the Winter-time, when nearly all else is resting ; for 

 at Christmas no flower is sweeter, and shoots that are 

 gathered will go on blooming indoors for a long time 

 in water, even in London. It should be given a warm 

 sheltered corner the best plant I have seen grew 

 against a South-east wall, with a warm chimney 

 passing up behind it and it looks best when grown 

 amongst dark evergreen creepers, so as to hide the 

 naked limbs that bloom from November to March. It 

 is easily raised in the Autumn from layers, and grows 

 readily in a deep rich, sandy soil, requiring no attention 

 beyond an annual thinning out of the shoots after they 

 have done flowering. 



Choisya ternata 



(Mexican Orange) is one of the most lovely ever- 

 greens we have got ; and if it is given a sheltered 

 position against a South or West wall, and planted 

 in a well-drained mixture of peat and loam, with a 

 little leaf mould and sand added to it, the wealth of 

 sweetly scented white starry flowers in July, seen 



