FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 75 



Forsythia (Oleaceae). 



Foesythia suspensa (syn F. Fortunei and F. Sieboldii). — 

 Japan and China, 1864. A slender-growing shrub, with 

 variable leaves, and long, trailing shoots. The flowers 

 are abundantly produced, are of a beautiful golden tint, 

 and bell-shaped, and, being of good substance, last for a 

 long time. Either as a wall plant, or for using in some 

 sheltered corner, and where the branches can spread 

 about at will, it forms a very distinct and handsome 

 shrub, and one that is perfectly hardy and quite in- 

 different as regards the quality of soil in which it is 

 planted. There are several forms of this pretty shrub, 

 but as they do not differ to any great extent from the 

 species, are hardly worthy of consideration. 



E. suspensa inteemedia, with bright golden flowers, 

 is a garden hybrid (1891) between F. suspensa and 

 F. viridissima. 



/ F. vibidissima. — Japan, 1845. This is another desirable 

 species, but it is not comparable in point of beauty with the 

 former. It is usually of strong, erect growth, with stout 

 shoots, wreathed with bright-yellow flowers towards the 

 end of winter. It is a very beautiful shrub, and a 

 valuable addition to the winter or early spring flowering 

 section. 



Fothergilla (Hamamelideae). 



Fotheegilla alnefolia (syn F. Gardeni). — North- 

 Eastern America, 1765. This is an ungainly habited shrub, 

 of dwarf growth, the branches being somewhat slender 

 and crooked. The flowers are white, sweetly scented, and 

 produced in dense terminal spikes. It is perfectly hardy, 

 and succeeds best in sandy peat. 



