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fashion of Corylopsis. It likes half shade, and is a very conspicuous 
object in springtime when successful. 
Staphylea is a widely scattered plant, and the familiar S. colchica 
comes from the Caucasus. There is a great delicacy and charm 
about its racemes of white flowers, for the petal texture is 
very beautiful. S. pinnata, known as John’s Tears, is a South 
European, and S. holocarpa comes from China. This last-named 
variety is a rare shrub that I have not seen. It is declared 
to have rosy flowers occasionally, and must then be a treasure 
indeed. 
Stauntonia latifolia is a vigorous and hardy climber from the 
Himalayas. It will reach your tallest chimney, and give you a 
most fragrant but inconspicuous inflorescence during Spring. 
Stephanandra flexuosa makes a good clump on the grass, and 
the wands of this graceful shrub are covered with creamy masses 
of flowers during June and July. It is an effective plant, though 
certain Spireas are finer in the same style. 
Stranvesia glaucescens comes from the Khasia Mountains, 
where it attains a height of twenty feet and must look very splendid. 
My plant is not glaucescent, but dark green. The flower appears 
in white corymbs, and the fruits are orange yellow. Stranveesia 
is Latin for the Hon. W. Fox Strangeways, F.R.S., the plant being 
so-called in honour of that learned gentleman. 
With Stuartia pseudo-camellia I have failed, but this beautiful 
deciduous shrub from Japan is being attempted again. More able 
gardeners will show it to you successfully as a bush six feet high 
and covered with large white flowers with golden stamens. S. 
pentagyna is a North American and S. virginica, still rare in culti- 
vation, is declared to be the fairest of the family. A cool corner in 
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