NOVEMBER 22, 1919.] 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
. NOTES ON TAXODIUM AND GLY PTO- 
STROBUS. 
Tax and  Glyptostrobus elon 
two distinct genera, but they are often con- 
fused—especially it will be e 
erica odium dis к chu и var, sie - 
eing grown in ert the 
Glypiosteobus, heterdphiilus. 
ese a 3, bu corre ih 
designations are ЧЕЙИП venire var. 
мин, Sargent. and Glyptostrobus їо, 
With good specimens from’ adult plants ii 
is little difficulty in separating үнс po 
when growing ate by side they ca ibe 
distinguished, n if small twigs are ‘ken From 
immature plants it may be аси 
possible to yo 80. 
e Chinese plant 
synonyms :— 
Glyptostrobus sinensis, Hen 
Glyptostrobus hetero pA J'grndlicher. 
Taxodium hetero; КОЕП, Brongniart. 
Thuya paw i od (also Lambert.) 
fu. agp 
uniperus aqu ia oxburgh. 
Cupressus sinensis, Е 1853. 
(Fig. 118), has many 
Fic, 120:—raxoprvm DISTICHUM VAR. 
Form with wies spreading leav 
The American RN has nearly as mai 
ium distichum var. hi rece ве. 
Taxodi 
gent. 
Taxodium distichum var. pendulum, Car- 
rière. 
Taxodiu hors ndens, Brongniart. 
Taxodiu: ense, ; Gordon e 
Gl ШИНЫ endu de 2ndlic 
ines dis Mich ci ; imbricaria, Nuttall, 
joe 
yar. im- 
leaves of Taxodium distichum: 
iduous 
t wih 
The 
bricárium 4 are clo gid appressed to the dec 
twigs, which in my plants are erect, but which 
are said to be sometimes 90 ulous— (see Figs. 
119 "s - 
i nary deciduous Cypre 
(Taxodium ditch) ‘ie TW is Sall iow n 
te t er is a vari th foliage similar to the 
that gh d а а weeping habit. 
Tis is often cal ae in “nurseries s аты реп- 
by This me, how belongs to 
another plan 
In my collection I are labelled this, Е Тахо. 
Чо енени; pendulous variety.” Another 
riety is mucron abun. " 
"The tree of this form; at Santa Maria del Tule, 
is one of zs most remark- 
ts girth t 6 ft. from ore 
g poet is 154 ft., and it is 120 ft. hig 
variety has the jieaves pectinately adir 
DE ARIUM. 
THE GARDENERS CH ind ICLE. 
259 
in the type, but they are more ЖЕЕ ПЕ 
It is каат їп така. 
There are few 
species in e Brita; 
e American species whi 
ing plants of the Chin 
in most — i г 
ch is grow error 
Аз 79 
es and Henry’s great work on 
[rees of Great Britain and Ireland, page iz 
there are mentioned plants Vires Castle: 
1 Пап and at 5 AP 
e Photograph m wi in 
the of en а аты 
repeat the Chinese species. е т, ке agate 
ae ies sim erate House is in the young Шош, 
we 
REGER oe 
OV ев 
kinds of rh is given at page 7l, Vol. ur. 
in H. Clinton-Baker’s fine work, Tilustrations 
of B. sander 
are also three text figures in Freiland- 
ere 
айар by by ы S xit Teu showing 
h 
In the shit ET "the ‘chinese plant has the 
foliage i o f one the leaves are 
erem y imbre in the 
s of these ria pce d Fury 
у ae (see 122, 125. 
irom 
r twenty Уса 
di rip spring. Badmund G. Loder, 
Tenar diee; Horsham. 
THORHIZA APIFOI ДА 
ects. . lo 0 shrub, fr 2 
to 3 ft. high, sea leaved, pretty at all 
seasons, and flow n Ma meh aj nd Ap ril from 
+h 
bod are рг den ed i n clusters, the colour ot 
the individually eniall "dw iar I ng pu 
лы rss rhiza apiifolia does we in роо 
soil. D. Wilmshurst, "iite ook Place e 
Heath. 
E» AE Iver 
HARDY FLOWER BORDER. 
VIOL О: 
is usually stated that Viola biflora is an 
T 
accommodating and easy plant, that it will 
flourish almost anywhere, and will sow itself 
naturally, that ould it forsak i 
net Sos ituations for 
produci above its pretty 
ligit areon кше ‘shaped б iin flowers 
ich а charming in a shaded pl 
pu some зын it may vanish a’ ы seen no more 
It s 
eems unable to survive didt and in a 
dry candy soi] is apt to disappea 
OLLIUS ACAULIS. 
to apply the popular 
Ir is hardly jus Met gegen 
TO , 
ustifiable 
name of Globe Flower to “Chin 
the globular 
looms have not the globular shape we associate 
with the genus. ғ. is species is not alone in 
departing from the r form ower, 
unded of 
which produce flattish, 
there are a few pe 
open blooi T. acaulis is one ри the neatest 
and prettiest of these. The П, yellow, 
Buttercup-like ‘blooms almost, uh not quite, 
justify the specific e, as the stems rise to 
height of some five or six inches above the t 
leaves. I treatment it requi ore con- 
sideration than most of n ; and it 
was due t dry season that it vanished from 
my garden. The roots need p moist 
but she. “collar ” sho d be ie fairly oy 
rers are 
"is sana Ў. 
the [me plac in 
heaps. ше least pleasing of its designations. 
So can learn, it is sel only one of about 
Fie. 121.—TAXODIUM DISTICHUM, THE DECIDUOUS 
CYPRESS. 
three dozen Spigelias known to botanists ы 
has found a place in our gardens, and it is 
unfortunate that. its reputation in the United 
g it is never likely to become 
a popular plant t is, indeed, a plant for 
the Tener who is vits т еч се ess he 
can е За ШЫ" erformances of t| jority of 
mpeers by кёбден ие борб. тэр. “the 
на: Абен of some difficult ca ИШЕН — hav 
уре — skill or ped of oti 
AY de that S. 
ture of the 
E 
uncertain in temper, miffy 
depending on perfect drainage 
when afte 
sy to 
in constitution, 
d abu moisture. And, 
y gro 
asclepiadea, carrying very similar 
flowe a 
pet-shaped, reddish ontside and yellow Бои 
