| |
Exochorda |China; |May; |See p. 2.
grandiflora |Rosaceae |White |
| | |
*Forsythia (Golden |Oleaceae; 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,
| | |he