TREES AND SHRUBS 



TUTSAN, Hypericum Androscemum. 



Thickets, shrubberies. Thrives in sandy soil; grows well in shade. June — 

 August. 



The St. John's Worts, of which we have about twenty shrubby species, 

 are among the handsomest of our summer yellow flowers, being laden with a 

 wealth of golden blossoms from June to October. They mostly prefer sunny 

 borders, but a few will do well under the shade of trees. They are propa- 

 gated by cuttings of firm shoots 3 ins. long inserted in sandy soil outdoors 

 in August or September. 



Flowers yellow, regular, ^— f in. diam., in a few-flowered terminal corymbose 

 cyme; Sepals 5, unequal, obtuse, glandular, but not on margins, J— \ in. long; 

 Petals 5, hypogynous, oblique, twisted in bud, deciduous, not much longer 

 than sepals ; Stamens indefinite, hypogynous, slightly connate at base into 5 

 bundles, anthers versatile ; Ovary superior, styles 3, recurved ; Fruit a berry, 

 globose, black, slightly succulent, incompletely 5-celled. 



Leaves opposite, somewhat decussate on young shoots, lying in one plane 

 in older stems, ovate, subcordate, entire, obtuse or acute, sessile, glabrous, 

 minute pellucid dots, aromatic when crushed or dried, 2-3 ins. or more, rich 

 dark green. 



A deciduous shrub, erect, 1-3 ft. ; Stem 4-angled. 



Native of Britain. English name probably a corruption of Fr. toute saine, 

 heal all — leaves formerly applied to open wounds. Generic name from 

 Hypericon, old Greek name used by Dioscorides ; specific name Androsazmum 

 — men's blood — dark red fluid from fruit. 



LARGE - FLOWERED ST. JOHN'S WORT, Hypericum 



calyeinum. 



Hedges, thickets, gardens. July — September. Does well in shade, and 



is easily cultivated in almost any ordinary garden soil, but prefers a sandy 



loam. It may be raised from seeds or cuttings. 



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