which are very numerous on
| | |the raceme, which is 4
| | |inches to 8 inches long.
| | |One striking peculiarity of
| | |the raceme is that the
| | |flowers are arranged on the
| | |upper side only of its
| | |branches (a somewhat
| | |similar arrangement is seen
| | |in Freesia flowers). The
| | |seed-vessels are covered
| | |with bristly hairs. Mr.
| | |Bean says, "Whilst
| | |perfectly hardy at Kew in
| | |the open, it blossoms more
| | |freely on a wall. The
| | |finest specimens I have
| | |seen of this Halesia are
| | |growing near a
| | |carriage-road leading to
| | |Mr. Gumbleton's house and
| | |garden at Belgrove,
| | |Queenstown." It flowers in
| | |this country in June.
| | |
H. parviflora |South-eastern |White; end|This is invariably a shrub.
|United States. |of May |It is represented in the
|Introduced in | |Kew collection by a large
|1802 | |bush, which flowers as a
| | |rule with great freedom
| | |towards the end of May each
| | |year. The arrangement of
| | |the flowers is more
| | |racemose than fasciculate,
| | |and whilst they are very