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four feet and profuse in blooming, the flowers pure white, 
not unlike those of the hawthorn, and produced in May; 
S. bella, a pretty species from the Himalayas, flowering in 
July and August and producing its flowers in terminal 
corymbs, colour, bright red; S. dracteata, an elegant 
species, growing to a height of five or six feet, the 
flowers white and freely produced during the summer 
months ; S. canescens, a handsome species, of a similar 
height to the last-named, the flowers white, in dense 
corymbs, and produced during the summer; 8S. discolor 
(syn. S. ariefolia), a handsome species, reaching a height 
of six feet, and having white flowers arranged in elegant 
panicles; S. Douglasi, a handsome species, about three 
feet high, and in August bearing terminal clusters of 
rose-coloured flowers; S. japonica, a pretty species, 
ranging from three to four feet high, and flowering in 
June and July, the flowers rose-red and produced in 
spreading terminal corymbs. There are numerous forms 
of this species and the best is Anthony Waterer, which 
has brilliant red flowers, and attains a height of about 
two feet high; S. Lindleyana, a robust species, reaching 
under favourable conditions a height of ten feet, the 
flowers are white and borne in large feathery panicles; 
this species attains its highest state of development in a 
moist position; S. prunifolia fl. pl., an elegant form, with 
long slender shoots, along which the white button-like 
double flowers are borne very freely in March and 
April; S. Thunbergi, an elegant species, two or three 
feet high, flowers small, white and freely produced in 
April; 8. Van Houttei, a valuable form, height about 
five feet, blooming in May and bearing white flowers. 
Sryrax oR STorsx.—The several species of Styrax 
assume an arborescent form in their native countries but 
in the United Kingdom they do not exceed in stature a 
height of from five to eight feet. They will grow freely 
in a deep loam and derive much benefit from an annual 
