Beautiful Flowering Shrubs 



Eucryphia -pinnatifolia with dissected leaves, is not 

 evergreen, and its large white flowers have brilliant 

 yellow stamens. It is, however, the hardier and the 

 more beautiful of the two. Both come from Chile, 

 and were introduced to English gardens in the middle 

 of last century, and both grow best in peaty loam and 

 are propagated by cuttings under glass. The shrubs 

 are of special interest to botanists, as they seem not 

 to be closely and definitely related to any plant family. 

 They are, however, usually classed among the Roses. 



STAPHYLEA COLCHICA, "the Bladder Nut." Though 

 only comparatively rare and comparatively tender, this 

 shrub from the Caucasus may well be classed among 

 those that might with advantage be better known for 

 variety's sake. The name Staphylea signifies " a bunch," 

 and refers to the fact that its creamy white flowers 

 hang thirty or more together in oval bunches or clusters 

 at the end of the branches, so that at a little distance 

 the shrub is reminiscent of the garden guelder rose 

 (y. opulus). The leaves are broken up into three or 

 five leaflets, the bark is pale in patcnes, and smooth, 

 and the whole shrub is light and attractive. Each 

 flower is about the circumference of a shilling ; the white 

 sepals stretch out like the rays of a star; the white 

 petals stand up in a ring, forming a tube surrounding 



the five stamens and the seed-case. It thrives best in 



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