FLOWERING SHRUBS AND TREES 47 



anus, and by the white C. alius. Open sunny spots are 

 the best for the Brooms. 



Deutzia. — D. crenata is a white-flowering bush grow- 

 ing from eight to ten feet in height. There are two 

 double varieties, of which that named candidissima is the 

 best, the blossoms of the other form being tinged with 

 red. A large and well-flowered Deutzia is a handsome 

 sight at the edge of a wood or shrubbery. 



Escallonia. — E. Phillipiana is a pleasing shrub densely 

 covered with small, white, myrtle-like flowers in July. 

 It is hardy, which none of the other species can be said 

 to be. In the south-west E. macrantha, E. montevidensis 

 or Jloribunda and E. illinata may be planted with con- 

 fidence, but not so further north. 



Eucryphia pinnatifolia. — An exceedingly handsome 

 shrub bearing large white flowers about three inches 

 in diameter, with central tufts of stamens, in the month 

 of August. It is hardy, and should be largely grown. 

 It attains a height of eight feet. 



Exochorda grandiflora. — Pearl Bush. An attractive 

 spring-flowering subject bearing white, cupped flowers 

 about an inch in diameter. Sometimes called Spircea 

 grandiflora. Under favourable conditions it attains a 

 height and diameter of fifteen feet. A native of China 

 and perfectly hardy. 



Erica. — Heath. Some of the taller species make fine 

 shrubs in warm spots, E. mediterranea forming a bush 

 eight feet in height and fifteen feet in diameter, while 

 the white-flowered E. codonodes reaches an even greater 

 stature, but is not of such spreading habit. It repro- 

 duces itself freely from self-sown seedlings in favoured 

 sites. E. arborea is another good, large-growing Heath, 

 sometimes attaining a height of twenty feet. A porous, 

 gritty soil, and a position on a sunny bank suits these 

 species. 



Forsythia. — Well-known, yellow-flowered shrubs 



