COEYIiOPSIS 



WITCH HAZEL OBDEB 



HAMAMELIS 445 



in March, yellow or white, in drooping 

 racemes at the ends of the branches. 

 Culture So. as above. 



C. pauciflora. — A Japanese species 

 resembling G. spicata in habit, the colour 

 and scent of its flowers ; it is, however, 

 a dwarfer plant with smaller leaves and 

 fewer flowers in a raceme produced in 

 March and April. 



CiMure So. as above. 



C. spicata. — A pretty Japanese shrub 

 3-4 ft. high. Leaves long-stalked, acutely 

 heart-shaped, strongly feather-veined 

 and serrated, somewhat hoary beneath. 

 Flowers in February, pale yellow, scented 

 like Cowslips, and issuing singly from 

 a greenish-yellow bract, in drooping 

 racemes 2-3 in. long. 



Culture do. as above. 



HAMAMELIS (Witch Hazel).— A 

 genus with only a few species of deciduous 

 shrubs or bushes. Leaves roundish, 

 unequal at the base, orenate-toothed. 

 Calyx 4-parted, persistent. Petals 4, 

 elongated linear, persistent, or absent in 

 the female flowers. Stamens 4, alter- 

 nating with 4 scales. Styles 2, short. 



Cultv/re and Propagation. — The 

 Witch Hazels thrive in a moist sandy 

 loam and are very effective as winter- 

 flowering shrubs when grown in masses 

 or beds by themselves. They are 

 increased by layers chiefly, but also from 

 seeds sown when ripe in cold frames, or 

 in spring ; and by grafting on stocks of 

 H. virgimica raised from seeds. 



H. arborea. — A pretty Japanese tree 

 15-20 ft. high. Flowers in winter from 

 December to February, while the branches 

 are still in a leafless state ; petals twisted, 

 clear, rich, primrose-yeUow ; calyx deep 

 claret. 



Culture do. as above. This is one of 

 the most charming and conspiciious flow- 

 ering shrubs in bloom during the dull 

 months of the year. Its pecuharly twisted 

 yellow flowers can be seen for a, great 

 distance, especially if several plants are 

 grown in a bold group. They require but 

 very little pruning ; just cutting out any 

 old or useless branches after flowering is 

 over being sufficient. If the ground be- 

 neath is carpeted with Snowdrops, Scillas, 

 Crocuses, Eranthis hyemalis &c. the 

 bareness will be hidden and a good effect 

 produced. 



H. japonica. — Another Japanese shrub 

 smaller than H. arborea, and with lemon- 

 yellow flowers. It resembles H. virginica 

 but differs in having larger flowers with 

 dull purple calyx lobes. 



Culture So. as above. 



H. mollis. — A pretty Chinese Witch 

 Hazel of recent introduction. It has 

 leaves much larger than the other Asiatic 

 species, being 4-5 in. long and 2^— 3 j in. 

 wide, and also covered with a soft felt-like 

 down on the under surface. The flowers 

 appear in January and February and ar» 

 borne on the leafless ' twigs. They re- 

 semble those of H. arborea, but are of a 

 brighter yellow, although the petals are 

 not so twisted. 



Culture do. as above. 



H. virgfinica. — A N. American shrub 

 about 6 ft. high, with obovate, sharply 

 toothed leaves on short stalks. Flowers 

 from October to February, rich yellow, 

 in great profusion, on the leafless 

 branches. 



Culture So. as above. 



H. zuccariniana. — This is botanically 

 only a variety otH. japonica, but very dis- 

 tinct from a garden point of view. It is 

 very free-flowering, with pale yellow 

 petals and a greenish-brown calyx. 



Culture do. as above. 



LOROPETALUM.— A genus con- 

 taining only the species described below 

 with generic characters : — 



L. chinense. — An ornamental ever- 

 green shrub about 4 ft. high, native of the 

 Khasia Mts. to China. Leaves dark 

 green, alternate, oblong, entire, nerved 

 beneath. Stipules membranaceous, de- 

 ciduous. Flowers in autumn, white, 6-8 

 in a crowded head at the ends of the 

 branches. Caljrx tube 4-cleft. Petals 4, 

 linear-elongated, somewhat twisted. 

 Stamens 4, epigynous. Ovary half- 

 superior ; styles 2, awl-shaped. 



Cultwre and Propagation. — This 

 species thrives in light rich soil, and 

 may be increased by seeds sown in cold 

 frames when ripe or in spring ; by cuttings 

 of the half-ripened shoots in sandy soil 

 under a handUght ; or by layers in the 

 autumn. 



LIQUIDAMBAR.— A genus con- 

 taining 4 species of ornamental, balsam- 

 bearing, deciduous trees, with alternate, 

 slender-stalked, palmately lobed, Maple- 

 like glandulose-serrate leaves. Flowers 



