TREES AND SHRUBS 



Jussien (1747); first grown in England by Gordon at Mile End Nursery, 

 1753. Generic name altered from Sophero, the Arabic for a papilionaeeous- 

 flowercd tree. 



BRASILETTO, Ca'salpinia japonica. 



Gardens, shrubberies. April — June. Best on wall; prefers loamy soil. 

 This is a very attractive and beautiful loose rambling shrub, the long flexible 

 shoots being furnished with reddish hooked prickles. It is propagated by 

 seeds sown in sandy soil in a cold frame at any time. 



Flowers bright canary-yellow, in a terminal erect raceme; pedicels 

 alternate, filiform ; Calyx 5-cleft, turbinate, imbricate ; Petals 5, nearly equal, 

 upper shortest; Stamens 10, free, anthers uniform, reddish; Ovary superior; 

 Fruit a legume, compressed, not winged, coriaceous, indehiscent. 



Leaves alternate, bi pinnate, 1 ft. long, leaflets sub-sessile, oblong, obtuse, 

 entire, glabrous, bright green ; petioles prickly. 



A deciduous shrub, 6-8 ft. ; Stems with curved spines ; Branches 

 straggling, spiny ; Twigs reddish-brown. 



Introduced from Japan, 1888. Named in honour of Andreas Cassalpinus, 

 an Italian botanist (1519-1603). 



KENTUCKY COFFEE-TREE, Gymnocladus canadensis. 



Parks, gardens. May — July. A handsome deciduous tree, made attractive 

 by the size and elegance of its leaves. It prefers a well-drained loamy 

 soil, and does best in a shady shrubbery or on a lawn. It is propagated by 

 root- cuttings inserted 2 ins. deep in a shady position in October or March ; 

 seeds are sown in light soil in a shady position outdoors in autumn 

 or spring. 



Flowers greenish -white, regular, dioecious ; Males in a short terminal 



racemose corymb, 3-4 ins. long; Females in a raceme, 10-12 ins. long; bracts 



scarious, caducous ; Calyx tubular, 10-ribbed, 5-lobed, lanceolate, acute ; 



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