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Gardening for Amateurs 



flowers appear with considerable freedom in 

 July. 



Stuartia. These are handsome flowering 

 shrubs which open their blossoms during 

 July and August. They require a fairly 

 sunny position, and their requirements are 

 identical with those of the Styrax. S. 

 Malachodendron and S. pentagyna are two 

 of the commonest species. They form bushes 

 3 to 8 feet high, and bear white flowers 3 

 inches across. S. pseudo-camellia is another 

 showy shrub. The latter is from Japan, and 

 the two former from the South United States. 



Styrax japonicum is one of the most 

 beautiful of July-flowering shrubs or small 

 trees. It is a native of Japan and China, 

 and grows from 9 to 20 feet in height, forming 

 a medium-sized head of twiggy branchlets 

 bearing small green, lace-shaped or ovate 

 leaves. The white flowers are borne from 

 axillan^ buds on long, slender, pendent stalks. 

 S. Obassia is another kind from Japan. It 

 is very distinct by reason of its large, rounded 

 or broadly oval pale green leaves. The 

 flowers are white and appear during July or 

 August. S. americanum and S. officinale 



are other white-flowered kinds of less worth, 

 whilst S. hemsleyanum is a new white- 

 flowered species from China of distinct merit. 

 The Styraxes are better suited for the mid- 

 land and southern counties than for the 

 north, and give the most satisfactory results 

 when planted in well-drained loamy soil 

 containing a little peat. They transplant 

 badly and should be placed in permanent 

 positions whilst quite small. Propagation 

 is by seeds, and no regular pruning is re- 

 quired. 



Tamarix pentandra (Tamarisk) is one 

 of the most popular of the newer shrubs. 

 It is still sometimes found under the name 

 of T. hispida var. aestivalis, the name given 

 to it erroneously when it was originally 

 distributed. Its chief attractions are its 

 light graceful branches, clothed with attrac- 

 tive light green leaves and its large inflor- 

 escences of rose-coloured flowers which 

 appear during July and August. The flowers 

 are borne in both terminal and axillary 

 panicles, thus making from 1| to 2 feet of 

 the end of each branch an inflorescence. 

 It succeeds most satisfactorily in a sunny 



The panicled Hydrangea (paniculata grandiflora). 



