[Illustration: _ESCALLONIA PHILIPPIANA (Kew)._]
-------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------- | COUNTRY OR | COLOUR | NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS. | NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. | -------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------- | | | Exochorda |China; |May; |See p. 2. grandiflora |Rosaceæ |White | | | | *Forsythia (Golden |Oleaceæ; hybrid |Yellow; |This is a charming early Bell) intermedia |between F. |Spring |shrub. It may be either |suspensa and F. | |grouped or trained, but one |viridissima. | |has to be careful not to |Represents the | |make it too stiff. It is |two parents | |quite hardy, and a bush. | | | *F. suspensa (Syn. |China |Yellow; |A graceful and beautiful F. Fortunei and F. | |Spring |rambling shrub, now well Sieboldi) | | |known. It succeeds well in | | |London--that is, if given | | |anything like favourable | | |conditions. A fence fully | | |exposed to the sun in a | | |London backyard is clothed | | |with it, and each recurring | | |spring the Forsythia | | |flowers profusely, and | | |forms an object of great | | |beauty. Immediately the | | |season of blooming is past | | |the plant is severely | | |pruned, the old and | | |exhausted wood being cut | | |out and the vigorous shoots | | |spurred back to within | | |three or four eyes of the | | |base. This results in the | | |production of long, | | |wand-like shoots, which are | | |allowed to develop at will, | | |hence they dispose | | |themselves in a loose and | | |informal way, and being | | |from the position of the | | |plant thoroughly ripened, | | |the spring display is in | | |every way satisfactory. | | |When autumn pruning is done | | |the best portion of the | | |flowering wood gets cut | | |away. | | | *F. viridissima |China |Yellow; |Quite a bush, and very | |Spring |handsome when in full | | |bloom. Likes full sun and | | |air. | | | Fraxinus Ornus |Mediterranean |Creamy |This is a very charming (Flowering Ash), |region and |white; |lawn tree with luxuriant (Syn. Ornus |Orient |late May |panicles of flowers, and europæa) | | |foliage like that of the | | |common ash. Angustifolia, | | |latifolia, and variegata | | |are varieties. | | | F. floribunda (Syn.|Himalaya |White; |Rather tender, but very Ornus floribunda) | |Summer |vigorous and handsome. -------------------+----------------+----------+---------------------------