12 Ornamental Shrubs. 



protection. As it, too, is indigenous to the Carolinas, it 

 is altogether probable that it would be a popular open- 

 garden plant farther south, and it is possibly already more 

 or less in use in that section. It is said it has the disad- 

 vantage of requiring considerable age before coming to 

 perfection as a flowering plant. But, like all the others, 

 it blooms nearly all summer. There are other tender 

 sorts, some of which are prized for cultivation under glass, 

 but none superior to those already named. 



CALYCANTHUS. 



THE members of the calycanthus family constitute 

 a small genus of North American plants, mostly 

 confined to the United States, where in their 

 native haunts they are popularly known as Carolina all- 

 spice from the fragrance of their flowers as well as of their 

 foliage. Indeed the whole shrub emits a spicy perfume 

 somewhat resembling camphor, including the stem and 

 more especially the smaller branches when bruised or 

 broken. They are more frequently found along the shady 

 banks of streams where there is plenty of moisture, and 

 in situations protected from severe winds, but prove suf- 

 ficiently robust to maintain themselves in all parts of the 

 temperate zones ; though varying in size and attractiveness 

 according to the positions occupied. They are all interest- 

 ing plants and worthy a place in every considerable 

 collection of shrubs and trees. As under-shrubs they 

 do good service whether planted singly or in masses. 



C.fioridus. — This is the longest- and best-known species 

 and was described by Loudon in his copious notes on the 



