TERNSTRCEMIACEiE 



COFFEE BUSH, Stuartia pentagyna. 



Gardens. A handsome erect growing shrub, with white, shell-like flowers 

 peeping out from a mass of deep green leaves. It should be given a sunny 

 spot in order to ripen the wood. May — August. 



The genus Stuartia contains three handsome flowering shrubs, with 

 blossoms resembling a single Camellia. They thrive best in open sunny 

 borders sheltered from north and east winds, in compost of two parts sandy 

 loam and one of peat. They are slow-growing when young, and impatient 

 of root disturbance. Propagated by cuttings of firm shoots in sandy soil under 

 hand-light in sheltered position in autumn, or by layers of shoots in 

 September or October. 



Flowers creamy-white tinged with red outside, solitary and axillary, 

 peduncles short, slightly larger than S. virginica ; Sepals 5-6 ; Petals 5-6, 

 obovate, edges jagged ; Stamens reddish-purple, longer than S. virginica ; 

 Carpels free. 



Leaves alternate, oval, acute, less hairy than S. virginica. 



A deciduous shrub, 10 ft. ; forming a wide-spreading bush. 



Introduced from N. America, 1785. Syns. Malachodendron ovatum, 

 S. montana, and Stewartia Malachodendron. 



FALSE CAMELLIA, Stuartia Pseudo-camellia. 



Gardens. A very beautiful shrub, with fine crimson tints on the autumn 

 foliage. July, August. 



Flowers creamy-white, 3 ins. diam., solitary and axillary ; Sepals 5, dull 

 reddish-brown above, finely serrulate ; Petals 5 ; Stamens numerous, hypo- 

 gynous, golden. 



Leaves alternate, oval-elliptic, somewhat like Camellia, acuminate, shortly 



dentate, attenuated at base, petiole short, reddish. Autumn tints crimson 



and gold. 



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