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GREW I A PARVIFLORA, Bunge. TILIACE^E. 



A deciduous shrub, 6 to 8 ft. high, with the young shoots and leaves 

 furnished with starlike down. Leaves alternate, ovate, or sometimes 

 three-lobed ; rounded, slightly heart-shaped, or tapered at the base, 

 pointed at the apex, 2 to 5 ins. long, half to two-thirds as wide ; rough 

 to the touch above, downy beneath. Flowers creamy yellow, with 

 numerous yellow stamens; about J in. across; produced during July 

 and August, in small axillary umbels of about six flowers on the shoots 

 of the year. 



Native of China and Corea; introduced in 1888. It is of little value 

 in gardens, and not very hardy with us, probably needing a hotter summer 

 than ours. The finest specimen I have seen in Europe is in the collection 

 of Mr de Vilmorin, at Les Barres in France. When I saw it, it was 7 ft. 

 high and 10 ft. through, flowering freely in July. It flowers a month 

 later in England. 



The genus was named by Linnaeus in honour of Dr Nathaniel Grew, 

 who wrote works on the anatomy of plants, and died in London in 1712. 

 It is allied to the limes, but is confined to Asia and Africa, contain- 

 ing numerous species. The inner bark has the tough fibrous nature 

 characteristic of the family. 



Another species, G. OPPOSITIFOLIA, Roxburgh, is sometimes seen in 

 cultivation. It is from the North-West Himalaya, and is not so hardy 

 as the above. It is very distinct from it, in bearing the flowers in a short 

 inflorescence on the opposite side of the shoot to that where the leaf- 

 stalk is attached. Flowers yellowish ; fruit black. 



GRISELINIA. CORNACE^. 



A small genus of trees and shrubs, native of New Zealand and Chile. 

 Two species are found in the former country, both of which are cultivated 

 out-of-doors in the milder parts of the British Isles. They are somewhat 

 tender, especially G. lucida, but where they thrive make handsome ever- 

 greens. Male and female flowers are produced on different plants ; they 

 are quite small, dull coloured, and of no ornament. The attractions of 

 both species are in their shapely habit and shining foliage. 



G. LITTORALIS, RaouL 



A large evergreen shrub or small tree, of rounded habit, at present up to 

 10 or 25 ft. high in Britain, but twice as high in a wild state. Leaves leathery, 

 oval or ovate, I to 3 ins. long, half to two-thirds as -wide, of a shining yellowish 

 green, smooth, the apex blunt, the base unequal-sided ; stalk \ to f in. long. 

 Flowers yellowish green, small, produced during May in axillary racemes or 

 panicles I to 2 ins. long. The female plant produces panicles of green oblong 

 fruits, J in. long. 



Native of New Zealand up to 3500 ft. altitude ; cultivated in Kew since 

 the middle of last century, but only hardy there in mild winters. All the 

 plants outside were killed in the winter* of 1908-9. In milder and especially 



