|Meehan's | |shorter flower-stalks, and
|Nursery, | |thicker and more coarsely
|Germanstown, | |wrinkled leaves than the
|Philadelphia. | |type.
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[Illustration: _SHOOT OF SNOWDROP TREE (Halesia tetraptera)._]

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| COUNTRY OR | COLOUR |
NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS.
| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
Hamamelis (Witch |Hamamelideae |Orange- |A charming tree when in
Hazel) | |yellow; |flower. It blooms early in
*H. arborea |China |Winter |the year, the precise time
| | |depending upon the weather.
| | |When the leafless shoots
| | |are studded with the
| | |golden-yellow,
| | |narrow-petalled flowers,
| | |with their crimson calyces,
| | |it is very pretty. It is
| | |also worth using with some
| | |shrub like Gaultheria
| | |procumbens as a groundwork.
| | |It enjoys an open
| | |situation, and is not very
| | |particular about soil.
| | |
H. japonica |Japan |Pale |An interesting shrub, of
| |yellow; |which *Zuccariniana is a
| |Winter |well-known variety.
| | |
H. mollis |Japan |Bright |This is a rare Witch-Hazel,
| |yellow |with very broad and large
| | |leaves, a