HARDY ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS. 



G. procumbens. — A diminutive plant from 4 to 6 inches 

 high, with lanceolate leaves, and axillary white flowers in 

 July or August, succeeded by red berries, which do not 

 drop until the following spring. 1762. 



G. Shallon. — A sub-erect shrub from 2 to 3 feet high, 

 with broadly heart-shaped, almost stalkless, abruptly- 

 pointed leaves, and bracteate racemes of pink and white 

 flowers produced in summer. Berries purple, edible, and 

 used in tarts, &c, in North America, under various names. 

 Grows in shady woods as well as in the open, on a sandy 

 loam or peat. 1826. 



Genista. — Prickly or unarmed shrubs, with small, 

 usually trifoliolate leaves, and flowers nearly always 

 yellow. They are chiefly from the Mediterranean region, 

 and succeed well in the vicinity of the sea, and on poor 

 sandy soil, in all except the coldest parts of the kingdom. 



G. cetnensis, Mount Etna Broom. — A tall plant, 10 feet 

 or more high ; it has but few leaves, the long slender 

 branches being terete and producing abundant yellow 

 flowers in June and July. Sicily, 1816. 



G. hispanica. — A dwarf spreading bush not unlike the 

 common Gorse. Its spiny branches bear terminal heads 

 of golden-yellow flowers in June. Spain, &c, 1759. 



G. pilosa. — A procumbent plant, useful near the edges 

 of a shrubbery or on a rockery. Its bright-yellow flowers 

 are borne very freely in summer. Europe (Britain). 



G. radiata (Spartium radiatum). — A dwarf shrub about 

 2 or 3 feet high, bearing terminal clusters of yellow flowers 

 in June or July. South of Europe, 1758. 



G. sagittalis. — A dwarf leafless shrub about a foot high, 

 with winged foliaceous stems, and terminal yellow flowers 

 in May or June. Alps, 1750. 



G. tinctoria, Greenweed. — There is a double -flowered 

 variety of this indigenous species suitable for planting in 

 stony places, &c. 



G. virgata. — The most beautiful of all the taller 

 Brooms. It forms a bush 10 feet high and 15 feet 

 through, of rounded habit. The leaves are small, simple, 

 and covered with silky pubescence. It blooms profusely 

 in May and June, the flowers being bright golden -yellow. 



Fig. 368.— Gordonia pubescens. (§.) 



Useful for planting in partially wooded tracts of ground. 

 Madeira, 1777. 



Gleditschia. — Symmetrical trees with pinnate or 

 bipinnate leaves ; flowers small, greenish-white. The 



trunks are mostly armed with simple or branched, often 

 very formidable spines. 



G. triacanthos, Honey Locust. — A handsome tree, 50 to 

 80 feet high; thorns trifid; seed-pods long, thin, twisted, and 



pendent. The leaves 

 assume a beautiful yel- 

 low colour in autumn. 

 North America, 1700. 



Gordonia pubescens 

 (G.Altamaka) (fig. 368). 

 — A small deciduous 

 tree from North Ame- 

 rica, allied to the Ca- 

 mellia, having large 

 agreeably- scented white 

 flowers produced in 

 autumn. It is hardy 

 only in the warmer 

 parts of Britain. 1774. 

 Geiselinia. — A New 

 Zealand genus of which 

 there are two species, 

 G. littoralis and G. lu- 

 cida. Beautiful ever- 

 greens, having oblique 

 coriaceous shining 



leaves, and small incon- 

 spicuous flowers. They 

 thrive well at the sea- 

 side, but are cut down 

 in severe winters. 



Gymnocladus cana- 

 densis, Kentucky Cof- 

 fee.— Allied to Gledit- 

 schia. and of very sin- 

 gular habit. It has a 

 bare appearance in win- 

 ter, the branches being 

 few and thick, but in 

 summer is singularly 

 effective, from the size 

 and elegance of its 

 leaves. Height 50 to 

 60 feet. Canada, 1748. 

 Halesia. — Small trees, with white pendulous flowers 

 produced in spring ; they like a moist sheltered position. 

 H. tetraptera, Snowdrop Tree. — A tree 20 to 30 feet 

 high, with simple leaves, white flowers in May, and four- 

 winged seed-vessels. Very ornamental. Carolina, 1756. 

 Halimodendron argenteum, Salt Tree. — A very hardy 

 shrub with silvery hairy leaves, and pinkish flowers in 

 May or June. Often grown as a standard grafted upon 

 the Laburnum, or on Caragana arborcscens. Siberia, 1779. 

 Hamamelis. — There are four species in cultivation, 

 one from North America, the others from China and 

 Japan. They are small ornamental trees, flowering in 

 autumn and very early in spring, the small yellow petals 

 resembling short twisted threads. They are leafless 

 when in bloom. 



H. arborea. — A small tree, the clear, bright -yellow 

 petals contrasting most effectively with the rich, red 

 calyx. Flowers from January to March. Japan. 



H. japonica (fig. 369). — Nearly allied to the preceding, 

 but of dwarfer habit. The flowei-s, too, are of a paler 

 colour. Japan. Var. Zuccariniana has lemon-coloured 

 flowers. 



H. mollis. — This is distinct from the others in having 

 larger leaves, covered beneath with a thick, felt-like mass 



Fig. 369.— Hamamelis japonica, 

 var. Zuccariniana. 



