294 Ornamental Shrubs. 



though chemists fail to find in it elements for the cure of 

 the many ills for which the decoction is recommended. 



CALOPHACA. 



Calophaca wolgarica is a small shrub but little known. 

 It belongs to the lentil family, and comes from Siberia, 

 having been introduced as long ago as 1780 to English 

 and continental gardens, where it has since only barely 

 held its own. It grows to a height of about three feet, 

 and has the advantage of being reliably hardy and of 

 good form, with pleasantly-tinted, pinnate foliage, and 

 abundant golden flowers in hanging racemes, affording 

 an agreeable contrast to its leafage. To bring this out to 

 the best advantage it is advised to graft the more humble 

 plant on the laburnum, and at such a height as may be 

 desired, when, says Nicholson, " it forms an object at once 

 singular, picturesque, and beautiful, whether covered with 

 blossoms or with its fine, reddish pods." As a low plant 

 it serves an excellent purpose in the edges of borders 

 as well as in groups or masses, and when given sufificient 

 height, as suggested, it surpasses many popular favorites. 

 It thrives best in rather dry soil and partial shade. Cyti- 

 sus wolgarica and Cytisus pinnatus are synonyms under 

 which it is sometimes catalogued. 



PHILADELPHUS— Syringa— Mock Orange. 



THIS is a small genus of some twelve or fifteen 

 species of the order SaxifragacecB, indigenous to 

 southern Europe, central Asia, Japan, and North 

 America, all hardy shrubs, and possessed of many quali- 



