316 CEANOTHUS 



Flore pleno albo. Clusters compact ; soft pink and white. 



Gloire de Versailles. Clusters large, rich blue, one of the best and hardiest. 



Indigo. The deepest blue of all these hybrids, but tender. 



Le Geant. Clusters 6 to 8 ins. long, narrow ; flowers white with reddish stalks. 



Leon Simon. Clusters long, pale blue. 



Perle rose. Clusters erect, pyramidal, pale rose. 



President Reveil. Clusters long, soft pink. 



Sceptre d'Azur. A fine strong grower, deep blue. 



Virginal. Pure white. 



These hybrids are extremely valuable in gardens because of their 

 flowering from July onwards some, like Gloire de Versailles, until the 

 frosts come. 



C. AMERICANUS, Linn&US. NEW JERSEY TEA. 

 (Bot. Mag., t. 1479.) 



A deciduous shrub about 3 ft. high, with slightly downy or smooth young 

 wood and reddish roots. Leaves ovate, sometimes broadly heart-shaped ; 

 2 to 3 ins. long, f to 2 ins. wide ; finely toothed, downy especially beneath, 

 with three conspicuous veins ; leaf-stalks \ to | in. long. Flowers very small 

 and numerous, in a series of long-stalked, dense panicles proceeding from the 

 axils of the uppermost leaves of the current season's growth. The actual 

 cluster of flowers is I to 2 ins. long, on a downy stalk about twice its own 

 length, the individual flower very tiny, less than \ in. diameter, dull white, on 

 a thread-like stalk ^ in. long. Fruit dry, somewhat triangular, \ in. wide. 

 Flowers in June and July. 



Native of the Eastern and Central States of N. America, and the oldest of 

 the genus in gardens, having been introduced to England in 1713. It is not 

 often seen true now, being largely superseded by the prettier and showier 

 hybrids, of which it is one of the parents. It requires no protection, and is, 

 perhaps, the hardiest in the genus. Its popular name is said to have arisen 

 from the leaves being used as a substitute for tea, especially during the 

 American Revolutionary war. Leaves alternate. 



C. AZURE US, Desfontaines. 



A deciduous shrub, up to 6 ft. high ; with the young wood, leaf-stalks, and 

 flower-stalks, also the under-surface of the leaves, covered with a greyish down 

 or felt. Leaves ovate, I to 2 ins. long, toothed, thick and felted beneath in a wild 

 state, thinner and less downy under cultivation here. Flowers of a deep blue, 

 and arranged in dense clusters on the upper part of panicles 3 to 6 ins. long, 

 which appear in the leaf-axils towards the end of the current season's growth. 



Native of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 1818. It is not thoroughly 

 hardy at Kew except against a wall. One of the parents of the numerous race 

 of garden hybrids, its influence is always traceable in the fine blue flowers, the 

 downy leaves, and often the tender constitution of its progeny. The typical 

 plant, which flowers from July until the first frosts of autumn, is now 

 uncommon. Leaves alternate. 



C. CUNEATUS, NuttalL 



An evergreen shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high, of rather loose, straggling habit ; twigs 

 and leaves at first downy. Leaves entire, opposite, pinnate-veined, leathery in 

 texture, narrowly to broadly obovate, rounded at the apex, tapering to a short 

 stalk at the base ; \ to f in. long, dull grey-green, paler beneath. Flowers 

 dull white, or blue-tinted, produced on short axillary twigs, in short, dense, 

 rounded corymbs, \ to f in. across. 



