HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



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rhomboidal, dull-green and hairy. Flowers bright rosy- 

 purple, 2 inches across. Japan. 



A. Vaseyi. — A species introduced from North America 

 in 1888. Leaves 2 to 3 inches long, lanceolate, pointed. 

 Flowers nearly 2 inches across, very pale rose on first 

 opening, afterwards almost white. It blossoms when only 

 a few inches high. 



A. viscosa. — A shrub from 3 to 4 feet high, the flowers 

 of which are variable in colour, very viscous, with the 

 tube of the corolla as long as the lobes. North America, 

 1734. 



Azaka. — There are several species of this genus of South 

 American evergreens in cultivation, but they require pro- 

 tection in central and eastern Britain. They have simple 

 leaves, the alternate ones often smaller, and some have 

 rather showy flowers. 



A. dentata.—A bushy shrub with glossy bright-green 

 leaves, hairy beneath. It succeeds against a south wall. 

 Chili, 1830. 



A. Gilliesii. — A handsome species with coriaceous, 

 smooth, dark-green leaves, on red petioles; flowers yellow 

 in dense axillary racemes. Chili, 1850. 



A. microphylla. — Although tender, this is a most desir- 

 able shrub where it will succeed. It has small, shining, 

 dark-green leaves and is of graceful habit. The flowers 

 are small, greenish, with a strong Vanilla-like odour. 

 There is a specimen at Bel voir Castle 16 feet high. 

 Chiloe, 1872. 



Baccharis halimifolia, Groundsel Tree. — A branching 

 shrub, from 6 to 10 feet high, with angular branches, 

 small grayish-green leaves, and small yellow flower-heads, 

 appearing in autumn. Valuable mainly for planting near 

 the sea. North America, 1683. 



B ambus a. — Under this generic name the whole of the 

 hardy Bamboos now in cultivation are popularly known. 

 Except the following they all belong to either Arundinaria 

 or Phyllostachys, which see. The cultivation of hardy 

 Bamboos is very simple. They are not particular as to 

 soil, but prefer a good loam enriched by manure. They 

 are moisture - loving plants, and are frequently planted 

 with good effect near water. The dry, cutting east winds 

 so common in spring are more injurious to them than 

 many degrees of frost; they should therefore be planted, 

 if possible, where there is shelter to the north and east. 

 All replanting, division for purposes of propagation, and 

 similar operations should be done in May; autumn and 

 winter are the worst seasons for this work. An annual 

 top-dressing of rich manure is most beneficial. 



B. fastuosa. — Stems 12 to 15 feet high, short-jointed; 

 leaves 5 to 7 inches long and an inch wide, bright-green 

 above, very glaucous beneath. Japan, 1894. 



B. Metalce. — See Arundinaria japonica. 



B. palmata. — A strikingly handsome evergreen. Stems 

 4 to 6 feet high; leaves over 1 foot long and 4 inches 

 wide. Japan. 



B. purnila. — Stems thin, erect, about 2 feet high; leaves 

 4 inches long, covered with minute hairs. Japan, 1888. 



B. pygmcea. — A small dense grower with stems from 4 

 to 12 inches high. It is useful for forming a green carpet, 

 as it spreads with great rapidity. Japan, 1888. 



B. quadrangular is. — A remarkable species with square 

 stems 4 to 6 feet high. Most suitable for the south-west. 

 Japan. 



B. tessellata (B. Ragamoioski). — Although a plant of 

 dwarf stature, under 3 feet in height, this has larger 

 leaves than any other hardy Bamboo, some measuring 

 over \\ foot in length by 4 inches in width. China and 

 Japan. 



Berberidopsis corallina (fig. 352). — A very orna- 

 mental climbing shrub, with simple oblong spiny leaves, 



Berberidopsis corallina. 



resembling those of a Berberis, and terminal drooping 

 racemes of crimson flowers. If protected from severe 

 frost it may be grown on a sheltered south wall; it is 



Fig. 353.— Berberis aristata. 



especially suitable for the south-west of England and 

 Ireland. Chili, 1862. 



Berberis. — Some of the showiest of our spring- and 

 summer-flowering shrubs belong to this genus. All the 

 species have flowers of some shade of yellow, but they 

 vary in being deciduous or evergreen, and in stature range 



