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leaves, and is hardy, with some protection, to Massachusetts, Chaste- 

 TKEE (506) — Vitex Agnus-cfctus. Another species about as hardy, 

 though not so beautiful in flower, has the leaf-blades deeply and irregu- 

 larly cut, or in some cases divided, Cdt-leated Chaste-tree (507) — 

 Vitex inoisa. There are other species of the genus, but probably these 

 are the only ones in cultivation. 



[Seeds, in spring ; twig cuttings ; layers.] 



FiQ. 508. — Japan Clerodendron. 



Fig. 509. — Chinese Clerodendron. 



Clerodendron. The CtERODENDRoxs are mainly tropic plants with 

 beautiful flowers. Some are climbing, others shrubby and erect, still 

 Others are herbaceous ; none are fully hardy North. The most hardy 

 species in cultivation is a hairy, somewhat woody plant, 4 to 12 feet high, 

 with mainly opposite, soft, nearly entire-edged leaves. The flowers are 

 in large terminal clusters, with a reddish-brown calyx surrounding a 

 white corolla, and long stamens, Japan Clerodendron (508) — Cleroden- 

 dron trichotomum. All the Clerodendrons can be known by the 5-toothed 

 usually inflated calyx of one color, and a broadly spreading, 5-lobed, 

 slightly irregular corolla, often of a different color. The corolla has a 

 slender and usually long tubular portion, with 4 very long stamens. 



There are many species in cultivation in Florida and California. One, 

 Turk's Turban — Clerodendron Siphoninthus, — has very showy red 



