Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



Wort, H. uralum, is a hardy shrub that has been known 

 here for nearly a century. It has aromatic, myrtle-like 

 leaves and smallish flowers, and does not possess the 

 conspicuous charm of many of its relatives. In its 

 home at Nepal it is known as " urala swa" hence its 

 second name nralum. 



Finally, Hypericum aureum must be mentioned. 

 It is one of the taller Hypericums, usually about four 

 feet high, and its leaves are characterised by having a 

 narrow golden edge. Its large orange flowers bear 

 masses of long stamens, whose dark reddish filaments 

 add brilliancy to an already brilliant flower. The sepals 

 are large, unequal and leaf-like, and form a platter on 

 which the fruit stands out as a conspicuous cone. A 

 North American shrub, it was recorded at the end of 

 the eighteenth century, but not for another century did 

 it find its way into our gardens, an extraordinary 

 omission, for it has singular beauty and appears hardy 

 here. The leaves fall off in the winter, and the shrub 

 has a tendency to the habit of a miniature tree, with a 

 single main stem. Place should be found more gener- 

 ally for this shrub. Indeed, it is well to encourage the 

 St. John's Worts as a class, for they carry the warmth 

 and colour of summer as few other shrubs do right on 

 into late autumn. 



Soil and Cultivation. Any good garden soil suffices 



them. They should have plenty of moisture, but be in 



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