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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bhamnus alpinus. — The handsomest of the genus for its 

 foliage, which changes to a deep metallic greenish brown. A 

 small spreading shrub, about 4 feet high. 



Bhus. — All the hardy species of Sumach are worth culti- 

 vating for their foliage alone, which for variety and brightness of 

 colours in autumn is scarcely surpassed by any other genus of 

 trees and shrubs. 



B. Cotinus. — The Venetian Sumach, so conspicuous in 

 summer with its long panicles of fleecy whitish-green flowers, 

 The foliage remains on the shrub till late, and dies off red- 

 purple. 



B. cotinoides. — The American representative of the European 

 B. Cotinus. Its autumn colours are among the most brilliant 

 in the genus — scarlet, orange, rose, and yellow, intermingled in 

 the most beautiful manner. 



B. glabra, especially the variety laciniata, has very elegant 

 foliage, which, when beginning to change, is a bronzy purple,, 

 afterwards heightened into orange-red,, orange, and yellow. 



B. Toxicodendron, or, the Poison Oak. — Its autumn colours 

 are scarcely less brilliant than those of B. cotinoides, and in- 

 clude as many varieties and shades. 



B. typhina. — The Stag's-horn Sumach is also well dis- 

 tinguished by its bright orange-red leaves before they fall. 



Spircea prunifolia. — Always admired in spring for its pure 

 white double blossoms, is again ornamental in autumn with 

 its glossy rose and crimson leaves. 



Stuartia Pseudo-camellia is scarcely less handsome in 

 autumn than when loaded with its beautiful flowers in spring.. 

 The leaves change first to deep crimson, and then pass through 

 various shades of carmine, rose, and orange-rose into the final 

 yellow stage. 



Stephanandra flexuosa. — A Japanese shrub of recent intro- 

 duction. It has long, slender, flexuose branches, with red 

 and orange bark, and furnished with Fern-like foliage that in 

 autumn changes into various shades of red, orange, and crimson 

 before it falls. 



Styrax Obassia. — The noble foliage of this remarkable 

 Japanese shrub has a coloration peculiar to itself in autumn. 

 The ground-colour becomes green-yellow, passing into bright 

 yellow, with longitudinal blotches of red-brown between the 

 veins. 



