TREES AND SHRUBS. 29 



Coronilly emerus 



(Scorpion Senna] makes an excellent deciduous 

 hedge about 8 ft. high. The time it is most beautiful 

 is from April to June, when the golden flowers mingled 

 with the red-tipped flower buds look remarkably well 

 amongst the tender green of the young foliage. Plenty 

 of sun and shelter and a dry soil is what is needed ; 

 and it can be increased in the Spring by division, or 

 later on from ripened seed or cuttings of the young 

 shoots in a cold frame. 



Corylopsis spicata 



(Spicate Wych Hazel) is in leaf, flower, and appear- 

 ance just like a hazel. A moist sandy soil is what it 

 prefers, and there it can be raised from layers, and 

 will grow to a height of about 4 ft., and bear pale 

 yellow flowers, with a delicate scent like cowslips, in 

 February before the leaves appear. 



Cory/us Avellana 



(Common Hazel or Filbert] grows wild in our 

 woods to a height of 20 ft., but if treated like a tree 

 it will grow quite 30 ft. high, with a trunk a foot thick. 

 As early as in February we get its crimson flowers, 

 and in the autumn we are again charmed by the rich 

 yellow of the changing leaves, and still more so when 



