FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 



389 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



O. macrodonta(New 

 Zealand Daisy 

 tree), (Syn O. 

 dentata) 



O. steUulata (Syn. 

 O. gunniana, 

 Eurybia gunniana) 



O, Traversii (Syn 

 Eurybia Traversii) 



Oxydendron arborea 



New Zealand 



New Zealand 



New Zealand 



Eastern 



United States ; 



Ericaceae 



Ozothamnus ros- 

 marinifolius 



*Pernettya mucro- 

 nata 



South Australia 



and Tasmania ; 



Compositae 



Cape Horn, 



introduced in 1828 



Ericaceae 



White; 

 July 



White, 



yellow disc 



May and 



June 



White; 

 June 



Pure 



white ; 



June and 



July 



White ; 

 July 



Berries the 

 chief beauty 



This has large HoUy-hke leaves, 

 silvery on the undersides, and 

 heads of Daisy-like blossoms. 

 Far more tender than O. 

 Haastii, this needs a wall in 

 most parts of the south of 

 England, though it is hardy 

 in the extreme west and in 

 the south of Ireland. 



An evergreen bush, with small 

 narrow leaves, the undersides 

 covered with whitish felt. 

 The Daisy-like flowers appear 

 in profusion. Its require- 

 ments are the same as the 

 last. 



In its native country this is a 

 timber tree, but here it needs 

 the same treatment as the 

 last two. The flowers are 

 small and creamy white. 



This is a charming shrub, but 

 in its native country grows 

 to a height of 40 feet. The 

 leaves are dark green, but 

 very richly coloured in 

 autumn. The bell-shaped 

 white flowers remind one of 

 those of the Lily of the 

 Valley, and appear in pretty 

 racemes. 



A neat shrub, 4 to 5 feet high, 

 with narrow roseraary-Uke 

 leaves, and during the sum- 

 meraprofusion of white Aster- 

 like blossoms. It is hardy 

 only in the West of England. 



Many garden varieties. Be- 

 tween 1878 and 1882 the 

 floral committee of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society 

 awarded no less than seven 

 first-class certificates, select- 

 ing the following varieties for 

 the purpose : P. alba, carnea 

 nana, lilacina macrocarpa, 

 nigra major, rosea puxpurea, 

 and sanguinea. There are 

 ten or a dozen quite distinct 

 shades of colouring, from 

 white through tenderest pink, 

 white and rosy pink, the 

 colours then reaching to a 

 soft scarlet, and ending with 

 a dark blood-red, reminding 

 one of the seeds of the 

 Pomegranate, and also the 

 differences in the size of the 

 berries and foliage, par- 

 ticulars which impart ad- 

 ditional interest to this useful 



