FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 21 



B. BRBCTUS. — Siberia. This is a pretty little Ericaceous 

 plant, nearly allied to Menziesia, and supposed to be of 

 hybrid origin. The flowers, which are borne in crowded 

 clusters at the points of the shoots, are bell-shaped, and 

 of a pleasing reddish-lilac colour. It wants a cool, moist, 

 peaty soil, and is perfectly hardy. When in a flowering 

 stage this Bryanthus is one of the brightest occupants of 

 the peat bed, and is a very suitable companion for such 

 dwarf plants as the Heaths, Menziesias, and smaller 

 growing Kalmias. 



B. gmelini. — Kamtschatka and Behrings Island. This 

 is of dwarf growth, and bears an abundance of red flowers. 



Buddleia (Loganiaceae). 



Buddleia Colvilei. — Himalaya, Sikkim. Though not 

 generally hardy in Britain, yet in the warmer parts it 

 blossoms freely. The flowers are bell-shaped and of a deep 

 rose colour, shaded with red, and freely produced at the 

 branch tips. It does well in a gravelly soil and where fully 

 exposed to the sunshine. 



B. globosa. — Orange Ball Tree. Chili, 1774. A 

 shrubby species, ranging in height from 12 feet to 20 feet, 

 and the only one at all common in gardens. Favoured 

 spots in Southern England would seem to suit this plant 

 fairly well, but to see it at its best one must visit some 

 of the maritime gardens of North Wales, where it grows 

 stout and strong, and flowers with amazing luxuriance. 

 Where it thrives it must be ranked amongst the most 

 beautiful of wall plants, for few, indeed, are the standard 

 specimens that are to be met with, the protection afforded 

 by a wall being almost a necessity in its cultivation. The 

 leaves are linear-lanceolate, and covered with a dense 

 silvery tomentum on the undersides, somewhat rugose 

 above, and partially deciduous. Flowers in small globular 

 heads, bright orange or yellow, and being plentifully 



