392 APPENDIX. 



With the view of rendering the produce of this plant a lucrative 

 article of commerce, the French government have encouraged its* 

 growth ; and plantations of this snrub have been begun at Ram- 

 bouillet and at Orleans. 



110. S. S. J^CAMELLIA JAPONICA, or JAPAN ROSE. 



A beautiful evergreen tree, producing flowers like roses, of vari- 

 ous shades, extraordinary beauty and fragrance. It requires ef- 

 fectual protection in the Northern and Middle States. It flowers 

 in winter. 



111. ftCoRCHORus JAPONICUS. Kerria Japonica. Japan Globe 

 Flower. 



An elegant shrub from Japan, rising, with many flexible stalks, to 

 the height of five or six feet. The flowers, which are produced in 

 succession from spring to autumn, are very double, and of a globu- 

 lar form, and bright yellow color. This plant is strikingly beautifuL 

 It bears the winters well in the latitude of Boston, with a very 

 slight covering of straw or leaves, but generally without any pro- 

 tection whatever. 



112. {COTTONEASTER. 



A native of Sweden, a cold country. In June it presents a sheet 

 of bloom, of snowy whiteness, and is of surpassing beauty ; in winter 

 it is mantled with berries of fine scarlet. Varieties : 1. C. acuminata , 

 2. C.mumularia; 3. C. frigida ; and 4. C. affinis. The two last 

 are of remarkably rapid growth. 



113. IJDAPBNE MEZEREON. 



A low shrub, rising from two to three feet in height, with smal), 

 lanceolate leaves. In March the whole plant is decorated with 

 flowers of a violet or red hue, and beautiful appearance. An el- 

 tgant shrub. 



ttWnH-E FLOWERING MEZEREON is beautiful, but taller than the 

 red. 



114. $TREE LTJPIN. Lupinus arborescens. 



A singularly handsome, new shrub ; the flowers are large, and 

 produced in beautiful clusters or racemes. 



115. ftPjEONIA. 



The Tree Paonias are as hardy as oaks. The flowers are of large 

 size, and splendid in appearance. They are from China, and of 

 several varieties. 



1. PcBonia Moutan Banksii, or Chinese Purple Tree Pseonia; flow- 

 ers magnificent and fragrant. 



2. PtBonia roseo odorata, or Chinese Rose-Colored ' Tree Paeonia, 

 with magnificent fragrant flowers. 



3. Paonia papaveracea^ or Chinese Poppy Flowered Tree Peeonia, 

 with large single white flowers, with a purple centre. 



116. ST. JOHN'S WORT. Hypericum. 



Of these there are several varieties ; the H. fruUscens is a low 

 shrub, which produces in summer a profusion of flowers of a yellow 

 color. 

 J17. ^SCOTCH BROOM. Spartium scoparium. 



A singular shrub, rising in many flexible stalks, like a broom ; the 



