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broad, three-lobed, smooth green leaves, and greenish-yellow, 

 fragrant. Tulip-like flowers that are produced during summer. 

 Before the leaves drop, they pass to pleasing shades of orange 

 and yellow. The tree is of free growth, and especially so when 

 planted in deep, rich, moist soil. L. t. aurea differs from 

 the type in having the central portion of each leaf blotched 

 with yellow. Both are ornamental trees and splendid for the 

 park. 



LoNiCERAS (Honeysuckles) (non-climbers), though not particularly 

 showy, are of value for the shrubbery. They are quite hardy, 

 succeed well in ordinary soil, and some bear delightfully fragrant 

 flowers. The following are worthy of note : L. involucrata 

 {L. Ledebow-ii) forms a dense bush, and its yellow flowers, suffused 

 with red, are borne in June and July. L. Alberti is a neat- 

 growing kind, with erect, slender branches clothed with narrow 

 pale green leaves. The rose-coloured flowers are very pretty. 

 Z. tomentella is deserving of extended culture, as it is free 

 and neat in growth, with small leaves, and in July bears an 

 abundance of small pink flowers in pairs. It is distinct, 

 beautiful, and valuable for its lateness in flowering, as some 

 of the earlier-flowering sorts are in berry when this one is 

 laden with its tiny but attractive flowers. Z. quinquelociilaris 

 {L. diversifolia) grows about 5ft. high, and in June and July 

 bears a profusion of small pale yellow flowers ; it was intro- 

 duced to this country in 1840. Z. microphyUa forms a dense 

 bush, the young growths of which are very showy by reason of 

 their bright red bark, while the small glaucous leaves are attrac- 

 tive and very distinct. R. fragrantissima and Z. Standishii^ 

 referred to in another section as suitable wall-coverers, are 

 amongst the most delightful of early-flowering shrubs. Both are 

 thoroughly hardy and capable of enduring very severe winters 

 without protection of any kind. The flowers of each are small 

 but very fragrant and borne with such freedom as to merit special 

 attention at the hands of shrub-cultivators, as the number of 

 shrubs blossoming in the open air at the same time — January 

 and February — are very lew in number. Z. Morrowi, a Japanese 

 species, bears small flowers in spring, and these are succeeded in 

 July by heavy crops of round bright red berries. It flourishes 

 in sandy soil. Z. conrulea [Xy/ostejim ccEruleuni) bears greenish- 

 yellow flowers and attractive dark blue berries. It forms a 

 stout bush, erect in habit, and free in growth. Z. tatarica, an 

 old species, carries an abundance of small rose- or pink-coloured 

 flowers in May. It generally grows about 5ft. or 6ft. high. Z. f. 

 pulcherrwia, L. tratislucens, and Z. Korolkowi are deserving of 

 attention. 



LoROPETALUM CHiNENSE bclongs to the Witch Hazel family, 

 and is a lovely free-flowering shrub or small tree, 4ft. or 5ft. 



