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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Torsythia suspensa 

 (Syn F. Fortunei 

 and F. Sieboldi) 



T. viridissima 



Fraxinus Omus 

 (Flowering Ash), 

 (Syn Omus euro- 

 psea) 



F. floribunda (Syn 

 Omus floribunda) 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



China 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



Yellow : 

 Spring 



China 



Mediterranean 

 region and Orient 



Himalaya 



General Remarks. 



Yellow ; 

 Spring 



Creamy 



white ; 



late May 



White ; 

 Summer 



A graceful and beautiful 

 rambling shrub, now well 

 known. It succeeds well in 

 London — that is, if given 

 anything hke favourable con- 

 ditions. A fence fully ex- 

 posed to the sun in a London 

 backyard is clothed with it, 

 and each recurring spring the 

 Forsythia flowers profusely, 

 and forms an object of great 

 beauty. Immediately the 

 season of blooming is past 

 the plant is severely pruned, 

 the old and exhausted wood 

 being cut out and the vigor- 

 ous shoots spurred back to 

 within three or four eyes of 

 the base. This results in 

 the production of long, wand- 

 like shoots, which are allowed 

 to develop at will, hence they 

 dispose themselves in a loose 

 and informal way, and being 

 from the position of the plant 

 thoroughlyripened,the spring 

 display is in every way satis- 

 factory. When autumn prun- 

 ing is done the best portion 

 of the flowering wood gets 

 cut away. 

 Quite a bush, and very hand- 

 some when in full bloom. 

 Likes full sun and air. 

 This is a very charming lawn 

 tree with luxuriant panicles 

 of flowers, and foliage like 

 that of the common ash. 

 Angustifolia, latifolia, and 

 variegata are varieties. 

 Rather tender, but very vigor- 

 ous and handsome. 



Fuchsia. — Though the genus Fuchsia is an extensive one, most of them are of more 

 value in the greenhouse than outdoors — that is to say, throughout the greater part 

 of the country. Still there are a few quite hardy Fuchsias, for, even if cut to the 

 ground during severe winters they soon recover, while in particularly favoured 

 districts, such as in the West of England and the Isle of Wight, they grow un- 

 checked into large bushes, and sometimes make delightful hedges. Few flower- 

 ing shrubs are more beautiful than F. corallina and F. Riccartoni when in full 

 bloom. The hardiest are : — 



•Fuchsia corallina 

 (Syn F. exoniensis) 



Garden origin ; 

 Onagraceae 



Red; 

 Summer 



and 

 Autumn 



A plant of more vigorous 

 growth, and with larger 

 leaves and flowers than any 

 of the other hardy Fuchsias. 

 It is very popular in the West 

 of England, but is not nearly 

 so effective when cut to the 

 ground each winter as some 

 of the others are. 



