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DECIDUOUS SHRUBS. 
THE STUARTIA. Stuartia. 
The Stuartia. S. Pe?itagynia .—A splendid native shrub, from 
seven to twelve feet high, found wild in the mountains of the middle 
and southern States ; long known, but only recently much planted 
in this country. Its flowers, of a creamy white, from three to four 
inches in diameter, appear in July and August. It is not quite 
hardy in the northern States, and requires a sheltered situation, and 
about the same protection as a chionanthus. It is a noble-flowering 
shrub, and well worth the care required to grow it. It does best 
in a deep, moist, sandy loam, and a shady spot. The foliage re¬ 
sembles that of the dogwood, and in autumn turns to a dark red¬ 
dish purple. There is a noble bush-tree of this species in open 
ground at Parsons’ nurseries at Flushing, ten feet high, and six¬ 
teen feet in diameter. 
The Virginia Stuartia, S. virginica , resembles the preceding 
in general appearance, but is a smaller bush, and not quite so 
hardy. It is a fine shrub when out of blossom, and very showy 
during its blooming season, which is the same as the preceding. 
Both these varieties, where they can be well grown, are superb 
acquisitions to shrubberies. They are reported not hardy at Ro¬ 
chester, but do well at Flushing, L. I. Their very late period of 
bloom, and their great showiness when in flower, will render them 
favorites wherever the climate is such that they can be grown with 
certainty. 
THE STAPHYLIA. Staphylia. 
The Bladder-nut Tree. Staphylia trifolia .—A shrub or 
small tree, indigenous in moist places from Canada to South Caro¬ 
lina. It sends out an abundance of suckers from the base of the 
stem \ but if these are rubbed off as they appear, it forms a 
handsome low tree. Flowers small, whitish, in May and June. 
Leaf formed of three acuminate serrate leaflets. Nuts in a 
bladdery capsule, white ; ripe in October. Height six to twelve 
feet. 
