FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 439 



Name. 



Country or 



Origin and 



Natural Order, 



Colour 



and 

 Season. 



General Remarks. 



Styrax officinale 



Syringa (lilac) 



*Tamarix gallica 

 (the Tamarisk) 



Levant 



Oleacese 



Northern portion 



of the Old World; 



Tamariscineae 



White 



Various 



Pink ; May 



T. germanica (Ger- 

 man Tamarisk], 

 (Syn Myricaria 

 Germanica). 



*Ulex europEeus (the 

 Furze, Gorse, or 

 Whin) 



Europe 



Europe ; 

 Leguminos 



Pinkish 



Yellow 



tection of a wall in many 

 districts. 



A lovely family described else- 

 where. 



A charming shrub, not half 

 enough grown, owing, in 

 some respects at least, to a 

 wide-spread idea that it will 

 not flourish away from the 

 sea-coast. True, it luxuri- 

 ates there, but it may be 

 depended upon to thrive any- 

 where unless the soil is a 

 stiff clay, chalky, or too much 

 parched up in the summer. 

 It is deciduous, but during 

 the Summer the foliage is as 

 delicate as any of the Coni- 

 fers, and in May, when the 

 branches are terminated by 

 the waving plume - like 

 panicles of pink blossoms, 

 it is delightful. As a plant 

 for the waterside it is most 

 useful, and forms a pleasing 

 picture if a score or so of 

 plants are grouped on a 

 lawn or open stretch of grass. 

 In such a situation the long 

 straggling shoots must be 

 shortened back occasionally 

 to keep the plants within 

 bounds, as growing un- 

 checked they will reach a 

 height of 10 to i.i; feet. There 

 are several forms of Tama- 

 risk, by some considered 

 distinct species, and by others 

 as forms of T. gallica, but a 

 good deal of confiision pre- 

 vails concerning them. One 

 of the best (perhaps the very 

 best Tamarisk) is that known 

 as tetrandra or taurica, in 

 which the feathery plumes 

 are of a deeper pink than 

 the type. Other names that 

 occvirareparviflora.chinensis, 

 and japonica, but given te- 

 trandra, as a rule no other 

 is wanted. 



A smaller shrub than the last, 

 more upright in growth, and 

 with a glaucous tinge. The 

 pinkish flowers are far less 

 effective than those of the 

 preceding. 



The common Furze is known 

 to every one, but its great 

 beauty as a flowering shrub 

 is apt to be overlooked, for 



