SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CHAP. 



the Levant, about six feet high, blows a yellowish red 



flower in June and July. BLADDER-SENNA, scarlet- 



fiowered. Lat. Colutea frutescens. Fr. Baguenaudier 

 cl Etheopit. A hardy shrub, originally from Africa, about 

 four feet high, and blows in July. These two latter are 

 propagated in the same way as the first, and are equally 

 hardy, and like the same soil. 



330. BLADDER-NUT, Jive leaved. Lat. Staphylea 

 pinnala. Fr. Staphylea a feuilles aile'es. A hardy shrub, 

 common in England, about fifteen or twenty feet high, 



and blows a white flower in April, May, and June. 



BLADDER-NUT, three leaved. Lat. Straphylea trifolia. 

 Fr. Straphylea a trois feuilles. A hardy shrub from Vir- 

 ginia, not so high as the preceding one, and blows a 

 white flower in May and June. Propagated by suckers 

 planted in the autumn. Any soil or situation suits these. 



331. BRAMBLE FLOWERING. Lat. Rubus odora- 

 tus. Fr. Ronce odorante. A hardy shrub, originally from 

 Canada, five or six feet high, and blows, in June and 

 August, a pinkish violet-coloured flower. Propagated 

 by suckers. It likes a moist shaded situation. This 

 plant is also called the flowering Raspberry. 



332. BREAD-TREE. Lat. Melia Azedarach. 'Fr. 

 L' Azedarach des jardins. A green-house shrub of Asia, 

 which grows ten or twelve feet high, and blows a white 

 flower tinted with purple, in July. Propagated by sow- 

 ing the seed, as soon as ripe, in the open earth $ but, in 

 a place sheltered from the frost. Orange-tree earth 

 suits its best. 





