Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



All told, thirteen species of Garrya are known to 

 be in existence, but all are American, hailing from 

 California, Mexico and Texas. Not a single one is 

 known to be a native of the eastern world. 



Though at times various species of Garrya are 

 offered by nurserymen, yet none of them is superior 

 to Garrya elliptica as a garden shrub. Garrya Fremonti 

 has perhaps a slightly more attractive foliage the 

 margins of the leaves are more waved but the catkins 

 are inferior ; and the same may be said of G. macro- 

 phylla, which has great leaves as much as six or 

 seven inches long. 



Soil and Cultivation. The Garrya is very*, fairly 

 hardy, but since in England it is in more trying climatic 

 conditions than in its own native home of Oregon and 

 California, it thrives to most advantage in the colder 

 parts of this country if grown in a situation with a 

 south or south-west aspect and sheltered from the east 

 and north winds other trees or shrubs make an 

 efficient wind screen. The soil should not be too 

 moist or rich. It is not wise to try to transplant it 

 after it has once been placed in position. Propagation 

 is best effected late in the summer by taking cuttings, 

 which should be struck in a frame. The male plant 

 being the handsomer is the one that should be planted. 



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