236 Classified Lists 
difficult to preserve; for when the root is divided, the plant often dies. 
Raise from spring or autumn-sown seed when possible; or divide only 
strong roots. A very striking plant when well grown; needs staking 
because the stems are brittle. 
Versascum, MuLLEIN (V. nigrum). 2 ft. A cultivated form with 
woolly stems and leaves woolly beneath, flowers yellow borne on a long 
simply-branched stem; will bloom a second time if cut down, early. 
VERBASCUM (V. pannosum). <A hybrid variety with curious white 
foliage. See Mullein, Italian. 
JULY 
YELLOW SHRUBS 
OLEASTER (Eleagnus longipes, E. edulis). 3-5 ft. A shrub with 
slender branches covered with brown scales. In Japan it attains a 
height of 25 ft. Leaves green above, silvery beneath; flowers yellow 
and inconspicuous; fruit bright red covered with white dots, very abun- 
dant and showy as well-as of agreeable flavor, some people prefer it to 
current or gooseberry; used in France for preserving. 
OLEASTER (Eleagnus umbellatus). Sometimes confounded with E. 
longipes, has foliage of a silvery cast, smaller amber fruit, which is acid 
at first, but becomes sweet and mellow, ripening in November, when 
other berries are gone. This variety is good as a foliage shrub, and 
further south the fruit would probably ripen. 
OLEASTER (E. parvifolius, Silver Tree or Silver Thorn). 8-12 ft. 
E. Canadensis is even more silvery white in foliage, and the flowers are 
fragrant, fruit dry and mealy, but considered desirable. Throws up 
many suckers. 
HONEYSUCKLE. Sweet-scented (Lonicera Periclymenum, also known 
as L. Belgica). 6-12 ft. A smooth climber with woody stems, bearing 
clusters of fragrant light buff flowers. Give a rich moist soil and sun. 
Propagated by layering or cuttings or division of the root. 
HoNEYSUCKLE. Japanese (Lonicera Japonica. Known also as L. 
Halliana). Another variety fragrant at nightfall. 
KErRIA, JAPANESE RosE, JEw’s Mattow (K. Japonica, var. pl. 7i.). 
4-8 ft. Said to be a hardy shrub, though mine dies almost to the ground 
every winter. Has slender branching bright green stems and leaves, and 
solitary flowers along the stems. The single flowered variety is more 
