TREES AND SHRUBS 



JAPANESE STORAX, Styrax japonicum. 



Gardens. June — August. Best in moist light loam. With its tiny 

 Snowdrop-like bells hanging abundantly on slender stalks, this makes one 

 of the most beautiful of summer-flowering shrubs, and in autumn, its branches 

 laden with clusters of seed-pods present a charming appearance scarcely equalled 

 by any other shrub. The species are propagated by cuttings of half-ripe shoots 

 in spring ; layering of shoots in autumn. 



Flowers white, Snowdrop-like, '-^ in. diam., depending from the undersides 

 of the shoots, in a many-flowered axillary raceme, buds pinkish ; Calyx glabrescent ; 

 Corolla 5-6-lobed, pubescent; Statnciis yellow; Fruit a drupe, 1-seeded, rarely 

 ripening. 



Leaves alternate, oblong, or ovate, acuminate, acute at base, usually widest 

 below middle, serrulated or entire, glabrous and bright green above, paler 

 and powdery beneath, 2-3 ins. long. 



A deciduous shrub, 8-12 ft.; or small tree, 20-25 ft.; Branches slender; 

 branchlets flattened and spreading. 



Introduced from Japan, 18G8. 



Styrax Ohassia. 



Gardens. June — July. This makes charming masses for beds or borders. 



Floivers white, fragrant, 1-lJ in. diam., in a nodding raceme, G-9 ins, 

 long ; Fruit a drupe, ovoid-oblong, size of Hazel-nut. 



Leaves alternate, elliptical to orbicular, cuspidate, denticulate, hoary- 

 tomentose beneath, 3-8 ins. by 3-8 ins. Autumn tint yellow blotched with red. 



A deciduous shiiib or small tree, 4-6 ft. 



Introduced from Japan by Maries, 1888. 



MEDICINAL STORAX, Styrax ojficinak. 



Gardens. June — July. Requires rich soil ; best on south wall. 



Flowers white, resembling Orange-blossom, in an axillary raceme, 



3-5-flowered, shorter than leaves ; Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed ; Corolla 



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