FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 347 



Name. 



'B. stenophylla 



*B. Thunbergi 



'B. vulgaris (Com- 

 mon Barberry) 



B. wallichiana (Syn 

 B. Jamesoni, B, 

 Hookerii) 



'Buddleia Colvillei 



*B. globosa (Orange 

 Ball tree) 



B. japonica, Syn B. 

 curviflora 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Garden form 



China and Japan 



Europe 



Himalaya and 

 China 



Himalaya ; 

 Loganiacese 



Chili 



Japan 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



Yellow ; 

 Spring 



Pale yellow 

 and red ; 



Spring 



Yellow ; 

 Spring 



Sulphur 



Yellow ; 



June 



Rosy 



crimson ; 



June 



Orange 



yellow ; 



Midsummer 



Lilac ; 

 August 



General Remarks. 



This is a hybrid between B. 

 Darwinii and B. empetrifolia, 

 and a shi-ub of rare beauty. 

 The slender arching shoots 

 aie very graceful, and during 

 the flowering period are com- 

 pletely wreathed with golden 

 blossoms. Standing singly 

 on a lawn, or near water, it 

 is delightful. 



A spreading shrub 3 or 4 feet 

 high, with flowers not par- 

 ticularly showy, and borne 

 on the undersides of the 

 shoots just as the young 

 leaves are expanding. The 

 bright|-red berries are very 

 showy, but they are sur- 

 passed by the brilliant scarlet 

 of the decaying leaves. 



The common Barberry is an 

 ornamental deciduous shrub 

 8 to 10 feet high, and is valu- 

 able from the fact that it 

 will thrive in dry, stony soils. 

 Apart from the pale-yellow 

 flowers in spring, the scarlet 

 berries are very showy, and 

 by some are used for pre- 

 serves. There are many 

 varieties, the best being the 

 purple - leaved (purpurea) 

 and white-fruited (fructu 

 albo). 



A dense evergreen bush, with 

 dark green spiny leaves and 

 pale yellow blossoms. It 

 grows 4 or 5 feet high. 



A beautiful tree, reaching a 

 height of 30 feet in its native 

 coimtry, but it is hardy only 

 in the extreme West of Eng- 

 land and South of Ireland. 

 The blossoms, somewhat 

 like a small Pentstemon, 

 are in large pendulous 

 racemes. 



A deciduous shrub, 10 to 12 

 feet high, with long, willow- 

 like hoary leaves, and flowers 

 borne in globular clusters 

 about midsummer. It is per- 

 fectly hardy in warm soils in 

 the South of England, and 

 is much admired. 



This has several well-marked 

 features, forming as it does a 

 deciduous sbrub about 4 feet 

 high, with curiously winged 

 stems and long cturved spikes 

 of blossoms. 



