Genista tmctona 



Forsythia, continued 



Forsythia suspensa. DROOPING GOLDEN BELL. A 

 graceful shrub with long and slender drooping branches. 

 Native of China. Leaves dark green and lustrous, per- 

 sisting until frost. Flowers in great profusion, golden 

 yellow, very showy. Grows about 8 feet tall. One of 

 the showiest shrubs in cultivation. 



F. suspensa fortune! (F. forlunei). FORTUNE'S 

 GOLDEN BELL. Similar to the preceding, but of more 

 vigorous upright growth. Branches arching, bearing 

 dark lustrous green leaves, either simple or three- 

 parted. Flowers golden yellow, often with twisted 

 petals. A grand shrub, often growing 8 to 10 feet high. 



F. viridissima. DARK GREEN FORSYTHIA. A large 

 shrub with erect green -barked branches. Native of 

 China. Leaves simple, very dark green, relatively 

 narrow. Flowers golden yellow, with somewhat re- 

 flexed, often twisted petals. A handsome shrub, but 

 perhaps not quite so hardy as the foregoing species. 



Fothergilla The Fothergillas 



Hardy shrubs with showy creamy white flowers 

 in early spring. They are admirably adapted for 

 planting in the foreground of shrub borders, and 

 although rarely seen in cultivation, are most attrac- 

 tive subjects. A moist loamy soil is best adapted to 

 their requirements. 



Fothergilla Carolina (F. gardeni and F. alnifolia). 

 DWARF FOTHERGILLA. A low shrub, usually about 

 two feet tall, growing naturally from Virginia to 

 Georgia. Leaves dark green, coarsely toothed, fading 

 with yellow or ruddy tones. Flowers in dense terminal 

 heads or spikes, soft and fluffy. Very neat and attrac- 

 tive. 



F. major. LARGE FOTHERGILLA. An upright bushy 

 shrub with dark green, coarsely and remotely toothed 

 leaves. Native of the Southern Alleghanies. Flower- 

 spikes plume-like, very large and showy. Grows 4 to 5 

 feet high. A beautiful and desirable plant. 



Genista The Dyers' 

 Green-weed 



A hardy free-flowering shrub with small leaves 

 and slender green branches. Very valuable for 

 massing in well-drained soils, in sunny situations. 



Genista tinctoria. DYERS' GREENWEED. A low 

 spreading shrub with slender green branches. Native 

 of Europe. Flowers yellow, in upright floriferous 

 racemes, panicled at the ends of the branches. Splen- 

 did for rock-gardens or in groups or masses in the 

 foreground of larger shrubs. 



Halimodendron The Salt Bush 



A very hardy shrub with showy rose -purple 

 flowers which appear in late spring or early sum- 

 mer. Thrives best in sandy soils, and is able to 

 endure the extremes of drought and cold peculiar 

 to many sections of the West, and soils highly 

 impregnated with alkali or other saline compounds. 



Halimodendron argenteum. SALT BUSH. A shrub 5 to 

 8 feet tall, with whitish prickly branches. Native of 

 Siberia. Leaves compound, terminating in sharp spiny 

 points, and composed of i to 2 pairs of blue-green leaf- 

 lets. Flowers large and showy, rosy purple, disposed 

 in clusters at the base of the season's growth. 



Hamamelis The Witch Hazel 



A hardy shrub with singular bright yellow flow- 

 ers in late autumn, often after the leaves have been 

 killed by frost. Thrives best in moist, loamy soil, 

 either in full sun or partial shade. 



Hamamelis virginiana. WITCH HAZEL. A large shrub, 

 usually 10 to 15 feet tall, with spreading, often numer- 



Hibiscus tyriacus (see page 69) 



