38o 



TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Itea virginica 



Jamesia americana 



Kalmia angustifolia 

 (Sheep Laurel) 



K. glauca 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Virginia ; 

 Saxifragese 



Rocky Mountains ; 

 Saxifrageae 



Nortli America ; 

 Ericacea2 



North America 



K. latifolia (Moun- North America 

 tain Laurel) 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



White ; 

 July 



Koelreuteria pani- 

 culata 



Laburnum (Cytisus) 

 vulgare (Golden 

 Rain or Chain) 



China ; 

 Sapindaceae 



White ; 



April and 



May 



Bright pur- 

 plish red ; 

 end of May 



Purplish 

 pink 



Pink; 



May, 

 through 

 Summer 



Yellow ; 



June and 



July 



Loudon writes; ' 'A 

 native of Europe 

 and the lower 

 mountains of the 

 South of Ger- 

 many, and of 

 Switzerland, 

 where it grows to 

 the height of 20 

 feet or upwards. 

 It was introduced 

 in 1596 " ; Le- 

 guminosae 



General Remarks. 



A freely branched rounded 

 shrub, from 3 to 4 feet in 

 height, and has small spikes 

 arranged in much the same 

 way as the shrubby Veronicas. 

 It is a favoiu'ite of the Red 

 Admiral butterfly (Vanessa 

 Atalanta). It is quite hardy, 

 but needs a moist peaty soil. 

 A somewhat upright shrub, 4 

 to s feet high, with oval- 

 shaped leaves and a great 

 profusion of terminal clusters 

 of pure white blossoms. It 

 is quite hardy and needs a 

 cool moist soil. 

 A delightful little evergreen 

 shrub about a couple of feet 

 high, with bright -coloured, 

 saucer-shaped blossoms. All 

 the Kalmias prefer cool damp 

 soil, especially of a peaty 

 nature — indeed, conditions 

 favourable to Rhododen- 

 drons suit them well. 

 Flowers two or three weeks 

 earlier than the preceding, 

 and is somewhat dwarfer, 

 but is equally desirable. 

 This forms a large rounded 

 bush from 6 to 8 feet high, 

 clothed with handsome, 

 bright-green foliage, while 

 the flowers are pink and 

 wax-like. It is a desirable 

 subject to associate with 

 Rhododendrons, which, ex- 

 cept in flowers, it much re- 

 sembles, 

 A small picturesque tree 10 to 

 15 feet in height, with orna- 

 mental pinnate leaves, and 

 large terminal panicles of 

 bright yellow flowers, very 

 distinct. 

 There is no need to praise the 

 laburnum ; it is one of the 

 most beautiful of all trees, 

 and its countless flowers make 

 a shower of gold in early 

 summer. It seems strange 

 to read that the laburnum is 

 not a native, for it is so 

 general in gardens, and is 

 even used in hedgerows in 

 some parts of the country. 

 We have in mind a hedge- 

 row in Berkshire with labur- 

 nums rising above the thorn, 

 and a pleasant sight this is 

 in late May and early June. 



