TREES AND SHRUBS 



BROAD-LEAVED JASMINE BOX, Phillnrmi latifoUa. 



Gardens, shrubberies. May. A species of somewhat bushy habit, well 

 adapted for the seaside garden. 



Floivers white, inconspicuous, mcuvillarij clusters ; Fruit a drupe. 



Leaves opposite, ovate, rounded at base, acute or obtuse, obsoletely serrated, 

 glabrous, dark green above, lighter below, veiny, 1 in. long; young leaves 

 orbicular, sub-cordate at base ; petioles cano-pubescent. 



An evergreen shrub, 20-30 ft. ; Tivigs pubescent, beset with elevated dots 

 (lenticels) ; Buds minute, scales violet. 



Introduced from S. Europe, 1.597. Subject to Phillyra^a I^eaf-spot 

 {PhijUosticta Philhjrcca ). 



MOCK PRIVET, Philliiraa media. 



Gardens, shrubberies. May. 



Flowers white, inconspicuous, in axillary clusters; Fruit a drupe. 



Leaves opposite, lanceolate, acuminate, entire, or slightly serrated in 

 middle, veiny. 



An evergreen shrub, forming a dense bush, 10-18 ft. high. 



Introduced from S. Europe about 1597. INIost common species in English 

 gardens ; several varieties of all three species are grown, often grafted on 

 the Privet. I>,eaves subject to Phillyrjea Leaf-spot {Phyllosticta Phillyram) 

 and IMiillyra^a Rust {Urcdo Phillyrcea). 



HOLLY-LEAVED OLIVE, Osmanthus Aqioifolium. 



Gardens, shrubberies. August, September. A rich loamy soil and warm 



position is desirable. It is a beautiful, iree-growing shrub, rather like a Holly, 



and often mistaken for such. Propagated by cuttings of firm shoots in sandy 



soil luider handlight outdoors, or in frame in summer ; seeds in sandy peat 



in cold frame in spring or autumn. 



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