FLOWERING TREES AND SHRUBS 21 



while Philipi is a pretty miniature, thickly covering the 

 ground, with similar leaves and fragrant flowers. Useful 

 for the margins of shrub beds, etc. 



The pink flowered D, coUina and Z). c, var. neapolitanay 

 both Italian shrubs, may be sometimes seen in fragrant 

 flower early in the year, but their blooming time is rather 

 uncertain, although frequently lengthy. 



Other shrubs and trees commended for large gardens 

 are : — 



Clematis calycina (balearica), with pretty greenish-white 

 winter flowers, 2 or more inches across, and evergreen 

 foliage. Only suited for sheltered positions. 



The Glastonbury hawthorn is the erratic winter flower- 

 ing " May," sometimes seen even at Christmas. St Joseph 

 of Arimathea, visiting Great Britain a.d. 63, having built 

 a church, thrust his staff" in the ground, which rooting, 

 became, so the legend goes, the prototype of this variety. 

 The Puritans hewed the original tree, but its progeny is 

 scattered far and wide. 



In sheltered sites Nuttalia cerasiformis , a neat deciduous 

 shrub, produces drooping white flowers during late 

 winter ; otherwise it is a desirable spring flowering 

 subject. 



Escallonia macrantha and other species, and various 

 shrubby New Zealand veronicas and Colletia cruciata^ 

 are frequently in flower in mild winters. 



Heaths 



The most generally useful of these is Erica carnea 

 (sometimes miscalled the Irish heath), which occurs as a 

 sub-alpine plant in various parts of Central Europe. This 

 Erica forms compact low cushions, rendered very con- 

 spicuous by the brightness of the green leaves. The 

 flowers are visible many months before expansion, and 

 in full bud are somewhat disappointing in colouring, but 



