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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Cistus crispus 



*C. ladaniferus (Gum 

 Cistus) 



'C. laurifolius (Laurel- 

 leaved Cistus) 



C. monspeliensis 



C. populifolius(Pop- 

 lar-leaved Cistus) 



C. purpureus 



*C. villosus 



Cladrastis amuren- 

 sis (Amoor Yellow 

 Wood) 



'C. tinctoria (Vir- 

 ginian Yellow 

 Wood. Syn Vir- 

 gilia lutea) 



Clethra alnifolia 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Southern Europe 



South-West 

 Europe 



South of Europe 



South of Europe 

 Levant 



South-East 

 Europe 



Mediterranean 

 region 



Amoorland ; 

 LeguminosEe 



North America 



United States of 

 America ; 

 Ericaceae 



Colour 



and 

 Season. 



Reddish 

 purple ; 

 Summer 



White ; 

 Summer 



White ; 

 July and 

 August 



White; 

 Summer 



White ; 

 Summer 



Reddish 



purple with 



a maroon 



blotch 



Reddish 

 purple 



Whitish ; 

 July 



■White 



White ; 

 August and 



early 

 September 



General Remarks. 



Reaches a height of a couple 

 of feet, and bears its saucer- 

 shaped blossoms in great 

 profusion. The individual 

 flowers are about 2J inches in 

 diameter. 



A bush 4 to 5 feet high, with 

 large, white, solitary flowers. 

 The variety maculatus has a 

 crimson blotch at the base of 

 each petal. 



A sub-evergreen shrub s to 6 

 feet high, and the hardiest of 

 all the Cistus. Of this there 

 is also a variety maculatus 

 blotched at the base with 

 purple crimson, which forms 

 a delightful shrub. 



A compact bush 4 feet high, 

 with flowers about an inch 

 across. 



The leaves of this are very 

 distinct, being heart-shaped 

 and long-stalked, whilst the 

 plant itself will attain a height 

 of 6 feet. 



This is only suitable for plant- 

 ing in the West of England, 

 but where not injiured by 

 frost it is a delightful shrub, 

 a little over a yard high. 



A compact shrub, whose red- 

 dish-purple blossoms are 

 about aj inches across. 



A very distinct shrub or small 

 tree, which is perfectly hardy, 

 and has peculiarly greyish- 

 green leaves. The dense 

 spikes of small, pea-shaped 

 blossoms are showy when at 

 their best. This has deep 

 descending roots, and holds 

 its own in sandy soils better 

 than most shrubs. 



A tree, 30 feet high, clothed 

 with large ornamental pin- 

 nate leaves, which die off a 

 rich yellow. The flowers are 

 white, and in dense drooping 

 racemes. A fairly moist soil 

 is necessary for this. 



In the United States of America 

 the White Alder or Pepper 

 Bush, as Clethra alnifolia is 

 called, occurs as a native over 

 a considerable area; hence 

 several forms exist, but do 

 not possess any strongly 

 marked features, unless it be 

 the variety tomentosa, which 

 is certainly the most widely 



