TREES AND SHRUBS 



hypogynous, 4-G-partite, or of free petals ; Stamens usually 2, epipetalous or 

 hypogynous ; Ovarji superior, 2-eelled ; Fruit 1-2-celled, indehiscent, or a 

 capsule, berry, or drupe. 



GOLDEN BELL, Forsijthia siispensa. 



Gardens, shrubberies, walls, fences. March — April. This is one of the 

 most charming of early flowering shrubs, its exceedingly graceful and slender 

 shoots being wreathed with blossoms, so closely set as to look like a stream 

 of gold. It is a delightful plant when trained on a wall, and gives a 

 fine effect when planted in a mass in a sunny position where it can ripen 

 its young wood. Old wood should be cut out after flowering, and shoots 

 cut back where necessary. Propagated by cuttings inserted in sandy soil 

 under bell-glass or handlight in autumn ; layering in autumn ; grafting on 

 Privet in March or April. 



Flowers yellow, appearing before leaves, solitary, drooping, scattered, in 

 axils of previous year's leaves, peduncle slender ; Ca/i/.v 4-partite, segments 

 linear-oblong ; Corolla 4-partite, 1 in. long, lobes linear-oblong, orange lines 

 at base inside ; Stamens 2, hypogynous ; Ovary superior, 2-celIed, stigma 

 lobed. 



Leaves opposite, simple and trifoliate on same branch, central leaflet largest, 

 serrate, acute, glabrous. 



A deciduous sbnib, 8-12 ft.; rambling; Branches long, slender, pendulous, 

 easily rooting when meeting the ground ; Tivigs brown ; Ends pointed, scales 

 brown ; Suckers freely produced. 



Native of China and Japan. Said to have been introduced into Holland 

 from China 1833, and to England 1850; also to have been sent home 

 from .Japan by Fortune, 1861. Generic name in honour of William Forsyth 

 (1737-1804), the King's gardener at Kensington. Syns. F. Fort unci and 

 F. Sieholdi. 



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