236 Classified Lists 



difficult to preserve; for when the root is divided, the plant often dies. 

 Raise from spring or autumn-sown seed when possible; or divide only 

 strong roots. A very striking plant when well grown; needs staking 

 because the stems are brittle. 



VERBASCUM, MULLEIN (V. nigrum). 2 ft. A cultivated form with 

 woolly stems and leaves woolly beneath, flowers yellow borne on a long 

 simply -branched stem; will bloom a second time if cut down, early. 



VERBASCUM (V. pannosum). A hybrid variety with curious white 

 foliage. See Mullein, Italian. 



JULY 

 YELLOW SHRUBS 



OLEASTER (El&agnus longipes, E. edulis). 3-5 ft. A shrub with 

 slender branches covered with brown scales. In Japan it attains a 

 height of 25 ft. Leaves green above, silvery beneath; flowers yellow 

 and inconspicuous; fruit bright red covered with white dots, very abun- 

 dant and showy as well as of agreeable flavor, some people prefer it to 

 current or gooseberry; used in France for preserving. 



OLEASTER (Elaagnus umbellatus). Sometimes confounded with E. 

 longipes, has foliage of a silvery cast, smaller amber fruit, which is acid 

 at first, but becomes sweet and mellow, ripening in November, when 

 other berries are gone. This variety is good as a foliage shrub, and 

 further south the fruit would probably ripen. 



OLEASTER (E. parvifolius, Silver Tree or Silver Thorn). 8-12 ft. 

 E. Canadensis is even more silvery white in foliage, and the flowers are 

 fragrant, fruit dry and mealy, but considered desirable. Throws up 

 many suckers. 



HONEYSUCKLE. Sweet-scented (Lonicera Periclymenum, also known 

 as L. Belgica). 6-12 ft. A smooth climber with woody stems, bearing 

 clusters of fragrant light buff flowers. Give a rich moist soil and sun. 

 Propagated by layering or cuttings or division of the root. 



HONEYSUCKLE. Japanese (Lonicera Japonica. Known also as L. 

 Hattiana). Another variety fragrant at nightfall. 



KERRIA, JAPANESE ROSE, JEW'S MALLOW (K. Japonica, var. pi. ft.). 

 4-8 ft. Said to be a hardy shrub, though mine dies almost to the ground 

 every winter. Has slender branching bright green stems and leaves, and 

 Solitary flowers along the stems. The single flowered variety is more 



