achodendron) | |August |smaller and less vigorous
| | |bush, while the leaves are
| | |more hairy.
| | |
*Styrax japonicum |China and Japan;|White; |A shrub or small tree with
(Japanese Storax) |Styraceae |Midsummer |flattened spreading
| | |branchlets, thickly studded
| | |on the undersides with
| | |drooping pure white
| | |fragrant Snowdrop-like
| | |blossoms. It is a
| | |delightful shrub, and best
| | |in a fairly moist light
| | |loam. Height 8 to 12 feet.
| | |Messrs. Veitch mention that
| | |it is occasionally a low
| | |tree, 20 to 25 feet high,
| | |and in its wild state on
| | |the hillsides in central
| | |Japan it flowers in May. It
| | |has proved quite hardy.
| | |
S. Obassia |Japan |White |A very beautiful but rare
| | |species, forming a more
| | |sturdy bush than the last,
| | |while the pure white
| | |flowers are borne in
| | |drooping racemes. It
| | |succeeds under the same
| | |conditions as the
| | |preceding.
| | |
S. officinale |Levant |White |From 6 to 8 feet high, but
| | |more delicate in
| | |constitution than either of
| |