SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CHAP. 



thin branches of a brownish green hue, and little smooth 

 rather fleshy leaves of a dark green with a broad rim of 

 black near the outside edge, and of the shape of an ivy- 

 leaf. It blows clusters of pinkish flowers throughout 

 the summer months 3 is tender, but does well in the 

 green-house, or in any parlour window of good aspect. 

 Propagate it by cuttings as you do the last-mentioned ; 

 and train it up a little ladder, getting wider and wider as 

 it gets high j prune only dead branches. A mixture of 

 vegetable manure and good mould suits it well. 



355. Lat. Gordonia Pubescens. Fr. 



Gordania Pubescent. To which BERTRAM, the discoverer 

 of it, gave the name of Franklinia. This shrub is a 

 native of the southern States of America. Its flowers 

 are magnificent, and it grows to a height of from ten to 

 twenty feet. It is deciduous ; and the seeds of it must 

 be had from America ; for though it would blow here 

 very well, it would not ripen its seed. It has long stood 

 the climate of Pennsylvania, where the winters are much 

 more severe than they are in England. 



356. GEORGIA BARK. Lat. Pinkneyea Pubens. 

 Fr. Pinkneyea Pubescent. This is a singularly beajutiful 

 shrub, both as to leaf and flower ; grows to the height 

 of twenty feet -, but must be tender, because it appears 

 to be confined to the southern States of America. It was 

 discovered by M. MICHAUX in 1791, who gave it the 

 name of PINKNEYA, in honour of Mr. PINKNEY, who had 

 been ambassador in France. 



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357. GUELDER-ROSE. Lat. Viburnum opulus. 



