FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



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Name. 



countky or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Colour 

 and 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Erinacea pungens 



Spain; 

 LeguminosEe 



Escallonia illinita 



*E. macrantha (Syn 

 E. Ingrami) 



E. langleyensis 



E. montevidensis 

 (Syn E. floribunda^ 



*E. philippiana 



E. punctata 

 E. rubra 



Forsythia (Golden 

 Bell) intermedia 



Chili; 

 Saxifragese 



Chiloe 



Hybrid 



Montevideo 



Valdivia 



Chili 

 Chili 



Oleacese ; hybrid 

 between F. sus- 

 pensa and F. 

 viridissima. 

 Represents the 

 two parents. 



Blue; 



May and 



June 



White ; 

 Summer 



Crimson 



red; 

 Summer 



Rose 

 carmine 



White 



White ; 

 Summer 



Deep red ; 



July 



Red; 

 Summer 

 and early 

 Antumn 



Yellow ; 

 Spring 



is no doubt due to the great 

 difficulty there is in propa- 

 gating it. Seeds appear to 

 be the only means of in- 

 crease, and these are borne 

 very sparingly even when 

 the plant is growing under 

 natural conditions. It has 

 been said to be a tender 

 plant, but it has withstood 

 several winters out of doors 

 at Kew without injury. 

 Plants are to be seen there 

 near the Temperate house, 

 and they flower every year. 



A neat evergreen shrub 4 to s 

 feet high, with pretty white 

 flowers. It is only in mild 

 districts, such as the South 

 and West of England, that 

 the Escallonias are seen at 

 their best. 



The finest of all the Escallonias, 

 and one of the hardiest. It 

 is a free-grovring shrub over 

 6 feet high, clothed with rich 

 green shiny leaves, and the 

 bright-coloured fuschia-like 

 flowers are freely borne. It 

 is a good wall-plant, and 

 stands the sea-breeze well. 



Raised by Messrs. J. Veitch 

 between E. philippiana and 

 E. macrantha. It has small, 

 dark-green leaves, and an 

 abundance of brightly col- 

 oured flowers. A good shrub. 



Grows from 8 to 10 feet high, 

 and bears its clusters of white 

 flowers in great profusion. 

 It is too tender for planting 

 except in the extreme West 

 of England and in Ireland. 



Will succeed as a bush in the 

 neighbourhood of London, 

 where its small white flowers 

 are borne in the greatest pro- 

 fusion. 



A much -branched evergreen 

 shrub s to 6 feet high. 



Differs from the last in the 

 absence of spots on the young 

 leaves, in the flowers being 

 rather lighter in colour, and 

 borne for a longer period. 



This is a charming early shrub. 

 It may be either grouped or 

 trained, but one has to be 

 careful not to make it too 

 stiff. It is quite hardy, and 

 a bush. 



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