TREES AND SHRUBS 



and with stellate hairs, underside hoary with stellate hairs ; leaf |— 2 ins. long, 

 ^^g in. wide, petiole short. 



An evergreen shrub, 3-5 ft. ; Branches hoary. 



Native of Tasmania and Australia. Syn. Enrjibia giinniaua. Also called 

 ^^ictorian Snow Bush. 



SNOW IN SUMMER, Helichrysum rosmarinifoUum. 



Gardens. June, July. Requires shelter ; hardy in South and West of 

 England. It does best in a light loamy soil and plenty of air. If the flowers 

 are hung up and dried they will last for many months, forming a charming 

 winter decoration. Any necessary pruning may be done in April. Propagate 

 by cuttings of half-ripened shoots in sandy soil under handlight in shady position 

 in summer. 



Flowers white, small, like Daisies ; flower heads (capituht) in dense corymbs, 

 usually terminating small leafy branches, forming a large leafy panicle ; Fruit 

 an achene (cypsela). 



Leaves alternate, Rosemary-like, lanceolate, obtuse, revolute, ^1^ in. long. 



A deciduous shrub, 3-10 ft. ; Branches long, arching. 



Native of S. Australia and Tasmania; introduced 1827. Also known as 

 Rosemary Everlasting Flower. Syn. Ozothamnus 7-osmarinifolius. Generic name 

 from Gr. ozein, to smell, and thamnos, a shrub. 



SOUTHERNWOOD, Artemisia Abrotanum. 



Gardens. August — October. This is one of our oldest garden favourites, 

 doing well in any dry soil. Propagated by cuttings in shady border, July — 

 September ; seeds in light soil in cold frame in INIarch. 



Flowers yellowish, small, in small capitula, racemose-paniculate, involucral 



bracts with slightly scarious margins, outer lanceolate, acute, inner obovate ; 



Florets all tubular, anemophilous, central flowers fertile, marginal ones 



pistillate ; Fruit an achene (cypsela), narrow at top. pappus 0. 



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