BEAUTIFUL DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS. 



as H. Moserianum, is one of the best of all, and is, it is 

 believed, the only garden hybrid amongst the Hypericums. 

 This is a shrub that should be in all gardens, and one 

 can easily trace its parentage, as it is exactly intermediate. 

 The shrub takes the form ol a graceful bush, with arching 

 shoots supporting large deep golden flowers, and these 

 appear until autumn is far advanced. Sometimes it gets 

 much cut back by severe frosts. 



The Hypericums mentioned are the most useful ol the 

 family, but there are several others, each meritorious in 

 its particular way, such as H. segyptiacum, H. Ascyron, 

 H. elatum, II. empetrifolium, H. hircinum, II. inodorum, 

 II. prolificum, and H. uralum, all of which are in the 

 Kew collection. 



Jew's Mallow. — See Kerria. 



JudaS Tree. — See Cercis Siliquastrum. 



JllglanS regfia is the Walnut, of which there are several 

 varieties, chiefly remarkable for their different fruits. 



very uninteresting and common-place. Thespecies, though 

 so rarely seen, is a very pretty shrub, and should be 

 planted in a free group. It is quite as welcome as the 

 familiar double variety. 



Kolreuteria panieulata. This is very useful for small 



gardens, as it is quite a tree in habit, and yet grows little 

 more than 1 2ft. high. It forms a clear stem, and some- 

 what irregular-shaped head, clothed with pretty pinnate 

 leaves, while the long spikes of yellow blossoms are pro- 

 duced in June and July. It grows well in any ordinary 

 garden soil, and is increased by seeds, or by cuttings of 

 the roots taken in the winter, cut up into lengths of about 

 6in., and put in sandy soil in a frame. Its pretty flowers 

 are most freely produced during hot summers. 

 Laburnum. — The Laburnum is one of the most beautiful 

 of all our spring-flowering trees, being in every way 

 distinct from anything else at that time in bloom. The 

 long pendulous racemes of yellow blossoms suggested the 



THE LABURNUM WALK AT WEST DEAN PARK, CHICHESTER 



There is, however, a distinct weeping form, and a Fern- 

 like variety of much beauty called laciniata. These may 

 be grafted in spring on seedlings of the ordinary kind. 

 Two North American forms of Juglans attain the dimen- 

 sions of timber trees, viz., J. cinerea (Butter Nut) and 

 J. nigra. As regards the fruit, neither of them is equal 

 to our own cultivated Walnut. 

 Kerria japoniea. — This is quite an uncommon shrub, 

 with bright green leaves and single yellow blossoms, but 

 its double-flowered variety is a very common plant even in 

 cottage gardens, where frequently, trained to the dwelling- 

 house, it will continue to produce its bright golden 

 blossoms like little Roses throughout the greater part of 

 the spring and summer. There is a form with variegated 

 leaves and small pale yellow flowers, but this is dwarfer 

 than the double kind, and not an important shrub. Its 

 foliage has a somewhat blotchy effect, and in a mass is 



name of Golden Rai,"., by which it is known in some 

 districts. Formerly it was included in the genus Cytisus, 

 but being so distinct it is now separated. The Laburnum 

 will grow in almost any soil, and is a delightful town 

 tree. It seeds so freely that young plants will spring up 

 in all directions. These seedlings may be employed as 

 stocks for the several varieties, grafting being performed 

 in the spring, and budding in July or August, but grafting 

 should lie avoided whenever possible. Of the varieties, 

 Parksi, Watered (the finest of all), and alpinum (the 

 Scotch Laburnum) have particularly tine flowers, while 

 other distinct forms are aureum, with golden leaves; 

 pendulum, weeping ; and quercifolium, with lobed leaves, 

 somewhat like those of the Oak. 



A Laburnum that has attracted a good deal of attention 

 at times is Adami, on which may often be found thres 

 kinds of blossoms — first, the ordinary Laburnum ; secondly, 



