CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 411 



1. H. mutabilis. CHANGEABLE KOSE Gool-i-ujaib. A very 

 common large bushy shrub, eight feet high, with large heart- 

 shaped downy leaves ; bears in October and November, in con- 

 stant succession, a profusion of large very handsome double 

 flowers, somewhat like immense double Koses ; white on first 

 opening, then becoming cream-coloured, and finally of a 

 deep rose tint. A most showy plant during the time it is in 

 blossom; propagated by cuttings. The single-flowered kind, 

 raised usually from seed, is not deserving a place in the 

 garden. 



2. H. tortuosus Bala. A middling-sized tree: bears in 

 February large bright, primrose-coloured flowers, with a rich 

 puce-coloured centre, changing after they have been some time 

 open entirely to crimson ; very beautiful when in full blossom 

 and covered with flowers, some so different in colour from others 

 as to seem hardly to belong to the same plant. 



3. H. collinus. A small tree, with spreading branches and 

 three-lobed, heart-shaped, smooth leaves; bears towards the end 

 of the year large, full-expanding, pale rose-coloured flowers, 

 with dark puce-coloured eye; most ornamental when in 

 blossom, the flowers, relieved against the rich green foliage, 

 presenting quite a dazzling appearance. 



4. H. Lampas. A largish tree with heart-shaped leaves ; bears 

 deep primrose flowers with a dark purple eye ; a very common 

 tree at Madras, planted along the road-side. 



5. H. heterophyllus. A small tree with long narrow leaves ; 

 very ornamental when grown of a small size ; bears during the 

 Hot season largish flowers of the palest primrose colour, almost 

 pure white, with the edges prettily pencilled with pink, and 

 with a dark-coloured eye. 



6. H. Syriacus Gurhul. A bushy shrub four or five feet 

 high, very common in gardens in all parts of India ; leaves 

 towards the base wedge-shaped, towards the apex three-lobed ; 

 bears during the Hot and Kain seasons large lilac-blue flowers 

 with dark purple eye. In the Cold season the wood of the past 

 year should be well cut in. 



a. A variety with double flowers of the same colour. 



/3. A variety also with double white flowers ; but this, from 

 some unassignable cause, is rarely seen to blossom in a thriving 

 condition. 



