170 ARISTOCRATS OF THE GARDEN 



bellishing outdoor gardens as specimens or for forc- 

 ing purposes for Christmas and Easter. 



Closely allied to the Witch Hazel (Hamamelis) is 

 Corylopsis, of which the Japanese C. spicata and C. 

 paucijlora are well known. From China the genus 

 has recently been considerably augmented and such 

 species as C. sinensis, C. Veitchiana, C. Willmottiana, 

 and C. platypetala are decided acquisitions. Like 

 the Japanese species they are spring-flowering shrubs 

 and have pendent short racemes of yellow fragrant 

 flowers which are produced in great profusion before 

 the leaves unfold. The leaves are gray-green, and 

 either in flower or foliage these shrubs are of pleasing 

 appearance. Another new spring-flowering shrub is 

 Stachyurus chinensis with pendulous racemes of 

 yellow, scented flowers. This forms a bush from five to 

 eight feet tall and has spreading branches, deep green 

 leaves, and purplish brown shoots. 



Lastly I may mention Salix Bockii and S. magnifica, 

 two most extraordinary Willows. The former is 

 an upright-growing, much-branched twiggy shrub 

 with small gray-green leaves and is worth growing 

 as an autumn flowering plant. The catkins are white 

 and are borne in great profusion on the current sea- 

 son's shoots in the late summer and autumn — a char- 

 acter almost unique in Willows. The other is a 



