302 



PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS buonymus 



and ncmus or pumilua, a dwarf form, 

 rarely exceeding 2 ft. high. Other forms 

 are atropurpureus, aueubcBfoUus, foliis 

 argenteo-variegatis, and foliis aureo- 

 variegatis. The Common Spindle Tree 

 is much used as a stock for grafting the 

 choicer varieties. Some of its forms are 

 handsome objects in autumn owing to the 

 brilliant colouring of the foliage. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



E. fimbriatus. — A distinct evergreen 

 shrub, about 12 ft. high, native of Japan, 

 India &c Branches round, smooth, 

 with ovate-pointed leaves fringed with 

 long, parallel, serrated teeth. There are 

 varieties with variegated leaves but some- 

 what tender. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species is usually grown in greenhouses, 

 as it is usually killed by a few degrees of 

 frost if grown in the open air. It is suit- 

 able for the open air only in the very mild- 

 est parts of the kingdom, and may be 

 increased by cuttings of the tops of the 

 shoots like the other species. 



E. japonicus. — A handsome evergreen 

 shrub about 20 ft. high, native of Japan, 

 India &o., with oval-oblong, lance-shaped, 

 deep green, leathery, shiny leaves, sharply 

 serrated and pointed. Flowers in April, 

 white. 



This species has given rise to a large 

 number of very beautiful varieties with 

 yellow, white, and tinges of red in the 

 foliage, and the names are sufficiently 

 indicative of the colouring, as alho- 

 marginatus, aureo-margimatus, latifolius 

 albus, latifolius aureus &c. 



Cultv/re rfc. as above. 



E. latifolius. — A distinct and beautiful 

 deciduous Japanese species 6-8 ft. high, 

 with broad, ovate, finely toothed leaves. 

 Mowers in June, white at first, becoming 

 purple with age. Fruits deep red ; arils 

 orange. Thrives in shady places. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 is perfectly hardy, and in August and 

 September it is singularly attractive on 

 account of its numerous racemes of bright 

 red fruits hanging from thread-like stalks. 

 It is easily increased from seeds. 



E. radicans. — This is a distinct Japan- 

 ese species with small, oblong or rounded, 

 serrate leaves ; its sub- variety variegata 

 is often used as an edging, but does well 

 trained up against a wall. Other pretty 

 forms are Silver G-em, foliis pictis, roseo- 



argenteis, the latter having a decided 

 tinge of red or rose mixed with the green 

 and white. 



Culture Sc. as above. This species 

 and its varieties make excellent edgings 

 for beds and borders and may be kept 

 within bounds by means of the shears, 

 the use of which in no way detracts from 

 their appearance. 



E. verrucosus. — A deciduous European 

 species with warty stems, and somewhat 

 ovate leaves. Flowers in May, greenish- 

 white or yellow. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



PACHYSTIMA.— A small genus of 

 very smooth evergreen shrubs with small, 

 opposite, shortly stalked leathery leaves, 

 minute deciduous stipules, and solitary or 

 clustered greenish flowers in the axils of 

 the leaves. Calyx tube obconical, 4-angled, 

 with 4 rounded lobes. Petals 4, roundish, 

 spreading. Stamens 4, inserted beneath 

 the large flat 4-augled disc. Capsule 

 oblong, flattened, seeds with a whitish 

 membranous aril. 



Culture and Propagation. — The plants 

 belonging to this little-known genua will 

 thrive in ordinary good and well-drained 

 garden soil, and may be used in the 

 shrubbery. Cuttings of the more or less 

 ripened shoots vidll root in autumn in 

 sandy soil if placed under a handlight or 

 in a cold frame, and thus protected during 

 the vnnter months. 



P. Canbyi. — This rather pretty species 

 is a native of the mountains of North 

 Carolina and Virginia, and its somewhat 

 creeping twiggy stems are furnished with 

 oblong linear leaves having slightly toothed 

 margins. The small reddish flowers 

 appear in summer. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



P. Myrsinites (Myginda myrtifolin). 

 This shrub is a native of the mountaijsus 

 regions of N.W. America, and grows 1-2 

 ft._ high. It has small leathery leaves 

 with more or less serrate or entire mar- 

 gins, and greenish flowers, produced in 

 summer. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



CELASTRUS (Staff Vine). —A 

 genus of often climbing, unarmed shrubs, 

 with alternate, stalked, entire or toothed 

 leaves. Flov\-ers sometimes unisexual. 

 Calyx urn-shaped at the base, 5-cleft. 

 Petals 5, inserted under the diso. Stamens 

 5, inserted in the sinuses of the cup- 



