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flowers, this is worthy of the small amount of care and 

 coddling required to insure its growth in this country. 

 Hailing from Japan, it cannot be reckoned as very hardy, 

 but treated as a wall plant this pretty evergreen does well 

 and flowers freely. It can, however, be said that it is 

 equally hardy with some of the finer kinds of Hydrangea, 

 to which genus it is nearly allied. 



Carpenteria (Saxifrageae). 



Carpenteeia califobnica. — Sierra Nevada, California, 

 1880. This is undoubtedly one of the most distinct and 

 beautiful of hardy shrubs. That it is perfectly hardy in 

 England and Ireland recently-conducted experiments con- 

 clusively prove, as plants have stood unprotected through 

 several unusually severe winters with which this country 

 has of late been visited. When in full bloom the pure-white 

 flowers, resembling those of the Japanese Anemone, render 

 it of great beauty, while the light-grey leaves are of 

 themselves sufficient to make the shrub one of particular 

 attraction. The Carpenteria is nearly related to the Mock 

 Orange (Philadelphus), grows about 10 feet in height, with 

 lithe and slender branches, and broadly lanceolate leaves 

 2 to 3 inches long. The flowers, which are pure white with 

 a bunch of yellow stamens, and sweet-scented, are produced 

 usually in fives at the branch-tips, and contrast markedly 

 with the long and light green foliage. It grows and flowers 

 with freedom almost anywhere, but is all the better for wall 

 protection. From cuttings or suckers it is readily increased. 



Caryoptcris (Verbenaceae). 

 / Cabyopteeis mastacanthus. — China and Japan, 1844. 

 This is a neat-growing Chinese shrub, 3 or 4 feet high, and 

 of value for its pretty flowers that are produced late in the 

 autumn. It must be ranked as fairly hardy, having stood 

 through the winters of Southern England unprotected ; but 



