50 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



cosa), its variety parvifolia and the white-flowered 

 variety Veitchii, blossom in early and late summer 

 and do well in sunny situations. A St. John's Wort 

 (Hypericum patulum, var. Henry i), a newcomer from 

 western China which grows from two to three feet tall 

 and bears large deep yellow flowers, is also worthy of 

 note. With blue or bluish flowers two shrubby species 

 of Clematis (C. heracleaefolia from northern China, 

 C. starts from Japan) bloom during this midseason. 

 Of each there are several varieties and the flowers 

 are more or less tubular in shape. These plants grow 

 about three feet tall and behave much as do herbace- 

 ous perennials. Another beautiful little plant with 

 blue flowers unfortunately not hardy around Boston 

 is Caryopteris incana (better known as C. Mastacan- 

 thus), a native of Japan and China. 



The largest group of midseason shrubs has flowers 

 of pink, red, and purple. Belonging to the Pea fam- 

 ily the most beautiful are Indigofera and Lespedeza. 

 Of the first named I. Kirilowii, with bright rose-pink 

 flowers, hails from Korea and northern China, and 

 I. decora, with white flowers, from Japan and northern 

 China. Both are low, sub-shrubby plants with twiggy 

 shoots and bright green pinnate leaves and large, 

 lovely flowers on long, erect racemes. They com- 

 mence to blossom in late June and continue to do so 



