42 MY SHRUBS 



Himalayas, is a very good thing, with silvery foliage and fragrant 

 white flowers in June. Against a wall this will prove nearly 

 evergreen. 



Eleutherococcus Henryi is, I suppose, one of Mr. Henry's many 

 finds. It has a rubus-like look, and the deciduous, five-foliate 

 leaves are handsome. The white flowers are globular and the 

 fruits in black clusters like ivy-berries. This plant enjoys full 

 sun and is quite uninteresting, save to the botanist. 



Elceocarpus reticulatus is a handsome evergreen, with lovely 

 corymbs of fimbriated flowers that rise out of the axils of the 

 leaves. This admirable Australian will demand a very snug 

 corner, and the small piece that you may buy can safely be left 

 in the cold house for the present. 



Elsholtzia Stauntonii y a semi-shrub recently brought to our 

 gardens from China, attains to considerable size, and erects spikes 

 of carmine pink blossoms above its mentha-scented foliage. It 

 is hardy, and resembles a gigantic mint. 



I have no fitting place for Embothrium coccineum, that prince of 

 flowering shrubs from the Andes. I think the plant did its best 

 with me, and a fine vigorous piece, six feet high, that came from 

 Cornwall, flattered hope awhile in a cool corner amid things larger 

 than itself. But Embothrium could not conquer the crumpled 

 rose-leaf in his lot, and he could not tell me what it was ; and so 

 he died I dare say of my ignorance. Thrice have I tried him ; 

 thrice have I failed with this glorious plant. But he thrives to 

 west and east of me, reaches to arboreal dimensions, and decks 

 himself in early summer with a flame of fire. 



Enkianthus campanulatus is an excellent and ornamental de- 

 ciduous shrub which suggests a pieris at first glance. The blossom 



