n8 MY SHRUBS 



A dwarf Thuya or two may be added to your miniature forest. 

 Of these tiny Arbor Vitce, T. occidental globosa is good ; also 

 T. japonica pygnuza and a nurseryman's plant, T. " Rheingold" a 

 little golden bush. 



Thymus striatus is a neat little upright shrub from Greece a 

 good and fragrant hardy thyme for the sunny rockery. 



I should like Triphasia trifoliata^ a handsome monotype from 

 Manilla. This Lime-berry Tree is largely cultivated for its fruits, 

 but I know not if it exists in this country. Nicholson's de- 

 scription, which I borrow with due acknowledgment, is very 

 attractive. 



Trochodendron aralioides is a Japanese evergreen of the mag- 

 nolia race, though much more like an ivy. The starry inflorescence 

 is pale green and very beautiful. This fine shrub is worthy of a 

 sheltered corner. The new Tetracentron sinensis belongs to this 

 race. 



For Ulex I have no affection under cultivation, though, seen in 

 its home, a gorse brake, or a waste of the dwarf autumn furze, is 

 worthy of all praise and affection. One shares the enthusiasm of 

 Linnaeus when first he saw the splendid shrub. 



Ulmus pumila, the Siberian Elm, is the only dwarf species, but 

 I know not if it be in cultivation. 



Ungnadia speciosa is a showy, monotypic, half-hardy shrub from 

 Texas, resembling Pavia. It should be grown in a pot, plunged in 

 summer, and withdrawn to the cold house when October returns. 

 The flower is pink in corymbs, and appears about June. 



Vacdnium the Bilberry, the Cranberry, the Huckle-berry, 

 the Bearberry, and the rest is a large genus of which I have but 

 few representatives. They do not succeed. V. vitis idcea, the Mount 



