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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Ceanothus divarica- 

 tus 



C. papillosus 

 C. rigidus 



C. thyrsiflorus 



'C. veitchianus 



*Cercis Siliquastram 

 (Judas Tree) 



^Chionanthus retusus 

 (Fringe Tree) 



California 

 California 

 California 



California 

 California 



South Europe and 

 West Asia ; 

 Leguminosae 



Japan ; 

 Oleaceae 



Pale blue ; 

 May and 



June 



Blue ; 

 May and 



June 

 Purplish 



blue ; 

 Spring and 



early 

 Summer 



Bright 



blue ; 



Summer 



Bright 



blue ; 



May and 



June 



Rose 



purple, but 



varies ; 



May and 



June 



Pure white; 



Early 



Summer 



Suitable only for a wall. With 

 this amount of protection it 

 will reach a height of lo feet. 



Like the last, it is, except in the 

 extreme west, essentially a 

 wall plant ; it is one of the best. 



The leaves of this are small 

 and neat, and its charming 

 blossoms are on a wall borne 

 sometimes as soon as April, 

 and are kept up through 

 May to June. It will reach 

 a height of 6 to 8 feet. 



In its native country this attains 

 to the dimensions of a small 

 tree, but here it is essentially 

 a wall plant. The flowers 

 are in large racemes. 

 A species with neat dark-green 

 leaves. It forms a delightful 

 wall plant. 



Throughout May and early 

 June the Judas Tree is very 

 beautiful, being smothered 

 with pretty pear-shaped red 

 blossoms. At Kew it flowers 

 well in numerous places. It 

 grows to a height of 20 feet 

 or more in the Mediterranean 

 region, though in gardens 

 here it is more often repre- 

 sented by bushes of less than 

 half that height. It thrives in 

 sandy loam, and likes plenty 

 of sun and air. The flowers 

 are produced from all parts 

 of the stems, much of the old 

 wood being often smothered 

 with flowering spurs. A 

 variety with white flowers is 

 in cultivation, and this may 

 also be seen in flower at Kew. 

 In addition to this species, 

 C. canadensis, from North 

 America, and C. chinensis, a 

 native of China and Japan, 

 are also grown, whilst a 

 fourth species, C. reniformis, 

 from Western China, has 

 lately put in an appearance, 

 but it has, however, so far 

 proved more tender than the 

 others. 



This Chionanthus furnishes one 

 of the many illustrations of 

 the close affinity that exists 

 between the flora of the 

 United States and that of 

 Japan, for it is very nearly 

 related to the American 



