| | |rabbit proof.
| | |
*D. Mezereum (the |Northern Europe |Red; |This is an upright
Mezereon) | |early year|deciduous bush that flowers
| | |in February or March
| | |according to the season. At
| | |that time the still
| | |leafless branches are
| | |packed for some distance
| | |with the pretty fragrant
| | |blossoms, so that it may
| | |be regarded as the most
| | |showy shrub at that time in
| | |bloom. There is a variety
| | |(alba) with white blossoms,
| | |and another (autumnalis
| | |or grandiflora) that
| | |blooms before Christmas.
| | |A cool, loamy soil suits
| | |this best.
| | |
*D. oleoides (Syn. |South Europe |Purplish |A neat growing evergreen
D. fioniana, Syn. | |rose |bush about a yard high,
D. neapolitana) | | |whose flowers are often
| | |borne throughout the
| | |greater part of the year.
| | |It is less attractive than
| | |some of the others.
| | |
D. pontica |Asia Minor |Yellow |A good deal in the way of
| | |Daphne Laureola, but the
| | |flowers are of a brighter
| | |yellow, and are borne in
| | |April and May, whereas D.
| | |Laureola flowers in
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