nd wavy brightly
| | |coloured, fragrant flowers.
| | |
H. virginica |Eastern North |Pale |For many years this species
|America |yellow; |was the only Witch-Hazel in
| |Autumn |cultivation. Being spread
| | |over the eastern side of
| | |North America from Canada
| | |to the Southern United
| | |States, it naturally
| | |attracted the notice of the
| | |earlier colonists, and it
| | |was, in fact, introduced to
| | |Britain as long ago as
| | |1736. During the last
| | |twenty or thirty years,
| | |however, new species have
| | |been discovered and brought
| | |home from China and Japan.
| | |They surpass this old
| | |American species in garden
| | |value, and are, indeed,
| | |amongst the most
| | |interesting and attractive
| | |of the shrubs that flower
| | |in the early part of the
| | |year. H. virginica, on the
| | |other hand, is at its best
| | |in autumn. It has the
| | |narrow, twisted, bright
| | |yellow petals which, with
| | |but little variation, are
| | |characteristic of all
| | |Hamamelis flowers. The
| | |flowers cover