FOTHERGILLA 



203 



one lialf the length of the fruit, 

 while the Japan species has the 

 calyx only at the base. 



[Seeds (two years to grow) ; 

 layers (slow to root).] 



Fothergilla. Fothergilla (321) 

 or Dwarf 'Alder' — Fothergilla 

 Gard^ni (F. Carolina) — is a shrub, 

 2 to 5 feet high, with the twigs 

 densely covered with star-shaped 

 hairs. The thick alternate simple 

 leaves are usually oblique at base, 

 with coarse irregular notches at tip. 

 The flowers are sweet-scented in 

 close clusters, in April, and appear 



Fig. 319. — Witch Hazel 



Fig. 321. — Fothergilla. 



Fig. 322. — Few-flowered Corylopsi.s. 



