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TREES AND SHRUBS 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order. 



Colour 



AND 



Season. 



General Remarks. 



Stuartia pentagyna 

 Syn (Malachoden- 

 dron ovatum) 



United States ; 

 TernstroemiaceEe 



White ; 

 July and 

 August 



*S. Pseudo-camellia 



S. virginica (Syn 

 Stuartia Malacho- 

 dendron) 



Styrax japonicum 

 (Japanese Storax) 



S. Obassia 



S. officinale 



Japan 



Southern 

 United States 



China and Japan ; 

 Styracese 



Japan 



Levant 



White ; 



with golden 



stamens ; 



July and 



August 



White; 

 July and 

 August 



White ; 



Mid- 

 summer 



White 



White 



In its native country this attains 

 the dimensions of a small 

 tree, but in England it is 

 from 5 to 8 feet high. The 

 flowers, somewhat suggestive 

 of those of a single white 

 Camellia, have the edges of 

 the petals wavy, while the 

 reddish stamens are very 

 conspicuous. Though very 

 beautiful, this is not a shrub 

 for every garden, as it needs 

 a cool moist soil with a fair 

 proportion of peat, a remark 

 that applies equally to the 

 other members of the 

 genus. 



The finest of the Stuartias, 

 bearing much general resem- 

 blance in foliage, iiowers, 

 and habit of growth to a 

 Camellia, hence its specific 

 name. The fliowers are about 

 3 inches in diameter. Beside 

 its other ornamental qualities 

 the leaves die off in Autumn 

 brilliantly tinted with crimson 

 and gold, being in this re- 

 spect much superior to its 

 American relatives. 



Much in the way of S. penta- 

 gyna, but forms a smaller 

 and less vigorous bush, while 

 the leaves are more hairy. 



A shrub or small tree with 

 flattened spreading branch- 

 lets, thickly studded on the 

 undersides with drooping 

 pure white fragrant Snow- 

 drop-like blossoms. It is a 

 delightful shrub, and best in 

 a fairly moist light loam. 

 Height 8 to 12 feet. Messrs. 

 Veitch mention it is occasion- 

 ally a low tree, 20 to 25 feet 

 high, and in its wild state on 

 the hillsides in central Japan 

 it flowers in May. It has 

 proved quite hardy. 



A very beautiful but rare 

 species, forming a more 

 sLurdy bush than the last, 

 while the pure white flowers 

 are borne in drooping ra- 

 cemes. It succeeds under the 

 same conditions as the pre- 

 ceding. 



From 6 to 8 feet high, but 

 more delicate in constitution 

 than either of those above 

 named. It needs the pro- 



