TREES AND SHRUBS FOR GARDEN AND PARK 



RHODODENDRON PINK PEARL, the finest of all the RHODODENDRON STELLA, pale rose with chocolate blotch. Flowering 



later introductions ; it bears very ,, THE QUEEN, blush changing to white, shrubs 



freely, immense heads of beautiful ,, THE WARRIOR, rosy scarlet, 



pink wax-like flowers, should be in ,, VAUBAN, mauve with yellow blotch 



every collection. ,, WHITE PEARL, excellent white. 



PURITY, white with yellow eye. ,, WILLIAM DOWNING, dark puce-col- 



SIR HENRY HAVELOCK, red. cured. 



SIR ISAAC NEWTON, plum colour. ,, WILLIAM AUSTIN, deep red. 



There is a host of useful dwarf evergreen species which make a most handsome 

 display when in flower ; some may be used to advantage on the rockery or for massing 

 in the shrubbery border. It will be sufficient to mention the most important. R. 

 racemosum is a Chinese dwarf Rhododendron, growing about 2 ft. high, with a mass of 

 shoots springing from the base which bear beautiful pink flowers ; it is a plant deserving 

 extended cultivation. R. rubiginosum, from Yunnan, grows 2 to 3 ft. high. R. 

 yunnanense ; R. lepidotum, from the Alpine Himalaya, and R. ferrugineum, from the 

 Alps of Europe, with its varieties, are very useful for the rockery. R. Wilsoni and 

 R. arbutifolium are of garden origin. The few mentioned by no means exhaust the 

 species which are valuable for planting, as there is quite a large collection of 

 species alone. There is, besides the evergreen, the deciduous section of Rhododendrons, 

 which is familiarly known as the Azalea, and which gives one of the finest displays 

 of the season. It will be sufficient to give the species alone, for it is well known 

 that it is from these so many of the fine hybrids have been produced : R. 

 calendulaceum, R. flavum, R. nudiflorum, R. hodora, R. rhombicum, R. sinense (syn. 

 Azalea mollis), R. Vaseyi, and R. viscosum, the " Swamp Honeysuckle." In all nurseries 

 of repute a large quantity of good hybrids are offered under names adopted by the 

 trade. T.P. 

 RHUS. This genus is comprised of small deciduous trees and shrubs. It is a very 



useful subject for rough shrubberies. The most prominent forms are R. cotinoides, 



the " Chittam Wood ; " R. Cotinus, the " Venetian Sumach ; " R. glabra, the " Smooth 



Sumach ; " and R. Osbeckii. T. 

 RIBES (Flowering Currants). These old-fashioned garden shrubs are general favourites, 



with their profusion of bright flowers so welcome in the early Spring. They grow 



readily in most soils. R. aureum, the " Buffalo or Missouri Currant " (with yellow 



flowers), R. cerum (white flowers), Gordonianum (a hybrid, sanguineum x aureum) ; 



R. sanguineum, the ' Flowering Currant," and its varieties are all handsome. R. 



speciosum (syn. R. fuchsioides), with red flowers resembling a fuchsia, is a very 



pretty form. T.S. 

 SAMBUCUS (Elder). Suitable shrubs for large masses of foliage in shrubberies. The best 



species and varieties are S. canadensis ; S. nigra, the " Common Elder," with its 



varieties, S racemosa, the " Red-berried Elder ; " while S. r. laciniata, a cut-leaved 



form, and S. r. plumosa aurea, a splendid golden variety, are the most serviceable. 

 SKIMMIA. Dwarf evergreen shrubs having thick, fleshy foliage, and bearing heads of 



white flowers in the Spring and red berries in the Autumn. The chief species are 



S. Fortunei, S. japonica, and S. laureola. T.S. 

 SNOWBERRY. See SYMPHORICARPUS. 

 SPARTIUM JUNCEUM, the ' Yellow Spanish Broom," belongs to the Order Leguminosae. 



It should be more largely planted than at present, as it gives a fine display of 



yellow flowers. T. 

 SPIRAEA. A large genus comprising many shrubby species. The most useful are S. 



Aitchisoni, S. arguta, S. bracteata, S. bullata, S. discolor, S. Douglasii, S. japonica and 



its varieties, especially S. j. " Anthony Waterer." Other forms are S. prunifolia, 



S. Lindleyana and S. Thunbergi. T.S. 



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