nix KlITlnxS OF THE SHRUBS 



species are in cultivation and but one, JAPAN BUDDLEIA (496) Buddleia 

 j.iponiea, can In.- grown in Massachusetts in sheltered places, though 

 LINDLEY'S BTDDLKIA (497) Buddleia Lindleyana, and HYBIUD BUDD- 

 i i i \ Buddleia intermedia, (killed to the ground) are apt to grow up 

 and bloom in the middle slates. Most of them bloom through the sum- 

 mer. All are best lilted for the southern states. They should have well- 

 drained soil and sunny position. [Seeds; twig cuttings.] 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF BUDDLEIA 



* Flout is in elongated terminal clusters with long slender tube and 



spreading border. (A.) 

 A. Flowers violet or lilac with no orange- yellow. (B.) 



B. Leaves 3-0 inches long and slightly notched ; flower-clusters 

 4-8 inches long and somewhat pendulous at the tips; stems 

 winged at the 4 edges. JAPAN BUDDLEIA (4!)(J) Buddleia 

 japdnica. 



B. Leaves 24 inches long, pale beneath, slightly notched ; clusters 

 ;!-") inches long and erect ; stem 4-sided. LINDLEY'S BUDDLEIA 

 (4<7) _ Buddleia Lindleyana. 



B. Leaves 4-5 inches long, dark green above ; clusters 10-20 inches 



long and arching. HYBRID BUDDLEIA Buddleia intermedia. 



B. Leaves often whorled in 3's ; branches distinctly 4-winged ; 



clusters 4-6 inches long and erect with rosy violet flowers. 



Hiiddleia intermedia insignis. 



A. Flowers violet with orange-yellow mouth in dense erect clusters 

 4-6 inches long. CHINESE BUDDLEIA (498) Buddleia vari- 

 abilis. 



A. Flowers yellow, in winter ; leaves dark above, whitish or yellow- 

 ish below. Hardy only in extreme South. MADAGASCAR Briu>- 

 I.KIA (4!!'.)) Buddleia madagascariensis. 



* Flowers large, 1 inch wide, with a broad tube purple or crimson 



with white mouth. COLVILL'S BUDDLEIA (500) BUDDLKIA 

 ( Yilvillei. 



* Flowers in globular, head-like, axillary, long-stemmed clusters, 



orange-yellow. GLOBE-FLOWERED BUDDLEIA (501) Buddleia 

 globbsa. 



Cary6pteris Mastacanthus. BUT. ' SIMREA ' or CHINESE BEARDWORT 



(502) is a beautiful, late-tlowering plant. August to November, shrubby 

 only at base. It is fully hardy South, and in the North, if cut back in 

 tin- spring, it will grow vigorously and bloom in the fall. It has opposite 



