ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 



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HALESIA TETRAPTERA. — SILVER BELL. 



(Natural Size.) 

 FORSYTHIA. Golden Bell. Forsythie, Fr 



These are pretty shrubs, of medium size, and dwarf habit. All natives of China 

 and Japan. The flowers are drooping, yellow, and»appear very early in spring before 

 the leaves. The best very early flowering shrubs. 



F. Fortuneli. Fortune's Forsythia. Growth upright, foliage deep green, 

 flowers bright yellow. See cut. 



F. suspensa. Weeping Forsythia. Native of Japan. A straggling shrub 

 resembling Fortuneii in its flowers, but a much more slender and delicate grower. 



F. viridissinia. A fine, hardy shrub, introduced by Mr. Fortune, from China. 

 Leaves and bark deep green, flowers deep yellow, very early, in spring. 



