360 List of Shrubs 
E. Japonicus Linn. (164), the best in form, with its gracefully droop- 
ing branches (although sometimes upright), six to ten feet in height, is 
an evergreen, with pink fruit and very dark, glossy leaves, holding their 
brilliancy into winter; half hardy, but adapted to seashore planting as 
far north as New Jersey. A variety, E. microphyllus, is valuable for 
low hedges. 
E. radicans Sieb. (165), also from Japan, is a low, prostrate shrub 
or climber, trailing along the ground, evergreen, with small, myrtle- 
like leaves, bright green in color, and pink and scarlet fruit; perfectly 
hardy (not in Ottawa), and may be substituted with great satisfaction 
for the less hardy English ivy, as a wall vine and for ground cover, 
especially in shady locations. A variety, variegaia (1652), has the 
foliage touched with silvery white. 
E. alaitus Maxim. (166), a new introduction from Japan, quite hardy, 
is a large shrub (six to eight feet), of most desirable character, with 
corky, winged branches, brilliant scarlet berries, fine foliage, turning 
gorgeously into pink to dark red, and peculiarly pinkish-hued buds. 
It is especially valuable for a specimen plant and accent work. 
Fraxinus (Ash), see Trees [List B]. 
Fringetree (Chionanthus), see Trees [List C]. 
Gardenia. Cape Jessamine. All the sixty species of this genus are 
from the southern latitudes of China, India, South Africa, and hence 
only fit for southern planting as far north as Virginia; but make excel- 
lent house plants in the north. They are evergreen, with deliciously 
fragrant, large, white, waxy, funnel-shaped flowers, in constant suc- 
cession. They are most readily grown, but are very subject to insects. 
The best known are: 
G. jasminoides Ellis (167), the true Cape Jessamine, the bushy species 
coming from China, which nurserymen split up into distinct forms, 
namely: 
G. florida, (168), with double, solitary, terminal flowers, beginning 
in midsummer; also an earlier flowering variety, Fortunet (1682); 
G. radicans (169), the tree form from Japan, the earliest bloomer 
(June), with salver-shaped flowers; 
G. nitida (170), a low, compact (two to three feet), still later flower- 
ing bush (October to November), with attractive glossy, oblong 
foliage. 
Hibiscus (Althea). MJallow. Some hundred species of shrubs and 
herbs and a large number of varieties, mostly of tropical and sub- 
