POTHEKOILLA 



203 



one half the length of the fruit, 

 while the Japan species has the 

 calyx only at the base. 



[Seeds (two years to grow) ; 

 layers (slow to root).] 



Fothergilla. FOTHERGILLA (321) 

 or DWARF 'ALDER' -Fothergilla 

 Gardeni (F. Carolina) is a shrub, 

 2 to 5 feet high, with the twigs 

 densely covered with star-shaped 

 hairs. The thick alternate simple 

 leaves are usually oblique at base, 

 with coarse irregular notches at tip. 

 The flowers are sweet-scented in 

 close clusters, in April, and appear 



FIG. 31'.). Wiu-h Hazel. 



FIG. 320. Japan Witch Hazel. 



FIG. 321. Fothergilla. 



FIG. 322. Few-flowered Corylopsis. 



