28 FLOWERING AND ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS, 



are of a very dark chocolate colour, and the fragrance 

 very much resembles ripe strawberries, easily kept 

 where once introduced ; this shrub generally grows 

 about five feet high in gardens. 



Ceanothus Americanus, Red root, or Jersey Tea 

 tree, a plant or two in the collection, as it flowers in 

 profusion, is worth having. 



Cercis siliquastrum, or Judas tree. The flowers 

 appear very early before the leaves come out, and 

 make a fine appearance ; as it grows rather tall, it is 

 calculated for the back row of the shrubbery. 



Colutea arborescens, or Bladder Senna, having 

 bunches of yellow flowers, which are succeeded by 

 seeds in a kind of bladder, calculated for the back or 

 centre row of shrubberies. 



Cratoegus oxyacantha, the Hawthorn. It makes a 

 pretty appearance planted out singly in the back or 

 centre row ; the flowers are very fragrant ; it is some- 

 times called the Pride of May; the double white, 

 double scarlet, and single scarlet Hawthorn, are ex- 

 tremely beautiful, and ought to be in every plantation. 

 Hawthorn hedges are much used in England, where 

 they look very handsome when kept clipped ; but 

 they do not answer so well in this country, the heat of 

 our summers causing the leaves to fall off early, often 

 in July ; on that account they are not much used. 

 We have several things which are better calculated 

 for that purpose. 



