TREES AND SHRUBS 



WESTERN ALLSPICE, Calycanthus Occident aUs. 



Gardens, shrubberies. Best on wall ; grows best in a compost of peat. 

 .June — October. 



Flowers lurid purplish-red, only slightly scented, 3 ins. diam., solitary 

 and terminal, pedicels stout ; Bracts, Sepals, and Petals numerous, similar, 

 densely pubescent ; Stamens numerous, inserted on top of ovary, filaments 

 all but obsolete ; Ovary spuriously inferior ; Fruit a capsule, many seeded. 



Leaves opposite, broadly ovate or elliptical, entire, obtuse or acute, scabrous, 

 veins and midrib downy underneath, shining green both sides. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-12 feet; Bark smooth; Suckers freely produced; 

 Buds' small ; Wood aromatic. 



Native of California; discovered by Douglas, 1831. Syn. C. macrophyllus. 



WINTER FLOWER, Chimonanthus fragrans. 



Gardens, walls. November — February. The delicious fragrance of its 

 blossoms makes this winter flowering shrub a general favourite. Near the 

 metropolis it flowers well in the open, but is more often trained to a wall 

 having a south or west aspect. It thrives in a deep, rich, sandy soil. The 

 blossoms being produced on the previous season's wood, it is necessary to 

 cut away, to within one inch of base, all shoots that have flowered, except 

 the leading ones, which only need shortening. This pruning should be done 

 in February, when flowering is finished. Propagation is effected by layering 

 shoots in September or October. 



Flowers yellow or cream, purplish inside, in axils of leaves of preceding 

 year, fragrant, 1 in. diam., appearing before leaves unfold, perfume re- 

 sembling Jonquil ; Sepals, Petals, and Stamens numerous ; Fruit a capsule. 



Leaves opposite, lanceolate, entire, acuminate, scabrid, slightly hairy 



beneath, petiolate, exstipulate, 5-6 ins. long. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-8 ft. ; Branches slender ; Bark inodorous. 



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