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moist boggy corner in the rock garden, some of the Sundews like Drosera 

 rokindifolia may be tried ; also the Venus's Flytrap DioiKza muscvpula from 

 N. America, or Drosophyllum lusitanicum irom Portugal; or during winter 

 in cold frames in mossy and peaty soil. 



XLIII. HAMAM ELI DEiE— Witch Hazel Order 



A peculiar order containing 30 species of smooth or downy trees and shrubs, 

 with usually alternate stalked leaves, simple entire or toothed, deciduous or 

 persistent, stipulate. Flowers 1-sexed or hermaphrodite, usually united in 

 dense heads. Calyx tube more or less adnate to the ovary ; Hmb truncate or 

 5-lobed. Petals 4-8, rarely absent, perigynous or nearly epigynous, 

 linear-spathulate or obovate, sometimes reduced to scales or deficient on 

 one side. Stamens 4 or more, perigynous, usually inserted at the mouth of 

 the calyx. Ovary inferior or half-inferior ; styles awl-shaped, straight or 

 recurved. 



PARROTIA. — A genus with 2 

 species of trees or shrubs, having oblong 

 or roundish deciduous crenate leaves, and 

 large stipules. Calyx beU-shaped, with 

 5-7 persistent, leathery lobes. Petals 

 none. Stamens 5-7. Styles 2. 



P. persica {Iron Tree). — A beautiful 

 small Persian tree about 10 ft. high, with 

 ovate-oblong, deep green leaves which 

 change to orange or yellow and crimson 

 in autumn, and look very handsome. 

 Flowers in February, chiefly conspicuous 

 by the numerous crimson-tipped stamens. 



Culture and Propagation. — Grown 

 against a wall facing south or west, this 

 tree is perfectly hardy, and thrives in 

 ordinary good garden soil. It may be 

 increased by layers in summer and 

 autunm, or by seeds sown under glass. 



FOTHERGILLA.— This genus con- 

 tains only one species described below 

 with the generic characters : — 



F. alnifolia. — A pretty dwarf strag- 

 gling deciduous shrub with crooked 

 branches, 3-6 ft. high, native of N.E. 

 America. Leaves obovate, obscurely or 

 at the apex largely toothed, clothed 

 with soft, starry down. Stipules twin, 

 small. Flowers in April and May, white, 

 sweet-scented, in dense spikes, before the 

 leaves appear. Calyx tube bell-shaped, 

 S-7-toothed. Petals none. Stamens 

 about 24. This species is now called 

 F. Oa/rdeni. 



Among the varieties are acuta, with 

 narrow, ovate acute leaves ; major, witji 

 bvate-oblong leaves, somewhat lobed at 



the base ; obtusa, leaves obovate, crenate 

 at the top, downy beneath when young ; 

 serotina, leaves oblong-aoute, crenately 

 toothed at the top. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 shrub and its varieties flourish in sandy 

 peat and loam, in warm and well-drained 

 situations, and may be trained on a wall 

 like the Parrotia. It may be increased by 

 layering the branches in late summer or 

 autumn, or by means of seeds sown as 

 soon as ripe in cold frames, or in spring in 

 the same way. 



CORYLOPSIS. — A genus with 3 

 or 4 species of ornamental deciduous 

 Hazel-like shrubs. Calyx tube 5-parted. 

 Petals 5, obovate spoon-shaped. Stamens 

 5, alternating with 5 truncate scales. 



Culture and Propagation. — These 

 peouhar plants reqiure the same treatment 

 as the Witch Hazels belonging to the next 

 genus Hamamelis. They thrive in rich 

 sandy loam or well-drained good garden 

 soil and may be increased by ayering 

 the ripened shoots in autumn, or by sow- 

 ing the seeds in cold frames when ripe, or 

 in spring. The Corylopsis are valuable 

 for their early-flowering properties in 

 spring, and are quite as beautiful and 

 useful when in blossom as the Witch 

 Hazels. 



C. himalayana. — A shrub about 6 ft. 

 high, native of the Khasia Mts. and 

 Bhotan. Leaves roundish ovate or acute, 

 often lobed at the base, plaited, smooth 

 above, silky or downy beneath. Flowers 



