the younger
| | |branches in close, dense
| | |clusters. It is a sturdy
| | |shrub, almost a small tree,
| | |and has leaves very like
| | |those of the English Hazel
| | |(Corylus).
| | |
*Hibiscus syriacus |China; |White; |An upright growing
(Tree Mallow, Syn. |Malvaceae |blotched |deciduous shrub 6 feet
Althaea frutex) | |red |high, is particularly
| | |valuable from the fact that
| | |it flowers towards the
| | |later part of August, when
| | |so few hardy shrubs are in
| | |bloom. It needs a
| | |well-drained, loamy soil,
| | |that is, however, not
| | |parched up at any time, and
| | |a spot fully exposed to the
| | |sun. There are many
| | |varieties of this, ranging
| | |in colour from white to
| | |purple, both single and
| | |double flowered forms being
| | |represented. Celestes,
| | |blue, and Totus albus,
| | |white, are the best.
| | |
*Hippophae |A British shrub,|Flowers |A beautiful somewhat spiny
rhamnoides (Sea |chiefly in the |inconspic-|tree, or rather shrub, to
Buckthorn) |south and |uous; |plant by the side of a
|south-east |yellowish |lake, pond, stream, moat,
|coasts; | |or anywhere a free
|Eleagnaceae | |spreading shrubby growth is
| | |