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clusters of white flowers ; it makes a beautiful lawn-tree. F. O. 

 latifolia and F. O. angustifolia are choice trees. F. floribunda 

 {Ornus floribunda) grows about 35ft. high in suitable soils, and 

 is deserving of wider recognition ; it is a lovely free-flowering 

 tree. F. Mariesii, a native of Northern China, sent home about 



twenty years ago, is quite 

 hardy, but of somewhat slow 

 growth ; its leaves are glossy 

 green, and its large, dense 

 panicles of snow-white flowers 

 are borne in great profusion a 

 fortnight later than those of 

 F. Ornus; it should be 

 grafted on the Common Ash. 

 F. longicuspis and F. Bungeana 

 are very attractive species. 



Fuchsias, — In the warmer 

 parts of England Fuchsias 

 flourish in the open air, but 

 in cold districts the protection 

 of a wall will be advisable to 

 bring them through severe 

 winters. F. macrostemma, a 

 native of South America, 

 F. globosa, and F. Riccartoni 



are the best kinds for outdoor planting, and when they 



succeed are very showy in flower. 



Gaylussacia frondosa ( Vaccinium frondosum) is a much- 

 branched bush, 4ft. or so high, and delights in a moist, peaty 

 soil. It bears dull purple bell-shaped flowers in slender racemes, 

 in May and June. G. dumosa ( Vaccinium dumosum) is distinct, 

 its pretty rose-coloured flowers being touched with white. This 

 plant grows freely in dry soils, and blossoms in June and July. 



Genistas thrive in soil that suits the Cytisus. G. radiata 

 (G. holopetala spartium radiatum) is of slender growth, 2ft. high, 

 and its yellow flowers appear in summer. G. virgata (Spartium 

 virgatum) is a lovely shrub of elegant growth ; it bears an 

 abundance of rich yellow flowers, and assumes a tree-like habit ; 

 it grows freely and flowers profusely in sandy soil. G. cetnensis 

 (Spartium atnense), the Etna Broom, a native of Sicily, is a loose- 

 growing shrub, sparsely supplied with small, narrow leaves ; its 

 beautiful yellow flowers are succeeded by attractive seed-pods, 

 and like the last-named it is happy in sandy soil. G. hUpanica 

 (Spanish Broom) is one of the showiest of the dwarf-growing 

 Leguminosce when laden with golden-coloured blossoms in early 

 summer; it is easily managed, perfectly hardy, rarely exceeding 

 ioin. to 1 ft. in height, and admirably adapted for edgings to 



Fig. 248. — Fraxinus Ornus. 



