flowers
are larger than those of the species.
_ADDENDA_.
EXOCHORDA.
EXOCHORDA GRANDIFLORA (_syn Spiraea grandiflora_).--North China. This
handsome shrub forms a much branched, spreading bush, about 4 feet to 6
feet high, and flowers abundantly in May. The habit is similar to that
of a shrubby Spiraea, but the pure white flowers are as large as those
of some of the species of Cherry, and quite unlike those of any known
species of Spiraea. The flowers are liable to injury sometimes from late
spring frosts, but the plant itself is quite hardy. As a bush on the
lawn it is nevertheless highly ornamental and desirable.
MYRICARIA.
MYRICARIA GERMANICA.--Europe, Asia, 1582. A tall, somewhat straggling
shrub, very similar to the Tamarisk, with terminal spikes of pink or
rosy flowers, produced freely nearly all the summer. It succeeds well in
this country in sea-side situations, and is often described as a
Tamarisk by gardeners.
TREES SUITABLE FOR PLANTING IN TOWNS.
Acer macrophylla
saccharinum
Aesculus Hippocastanum
rubicunda
Ailanthus glandulosa
Crataegus Oxyacantha
flore-plena
tenacetifolia
Catalpa bignonioides
Cerasus (Prunus), nearly all
Gleditschia triacanthos
Liriodendron tulipiiera
Magnolia acuminata
glauca
Pyrus of sorts
Robinia Pseud-acacia and its varieties
viscosa
Sophora japonica
Tilia, in variet.
SHRUBS FOR TOWN PLANTING.
Amelanchier, in variety
Arbutus Unedo
Berberis Aquifolium
vulgaris
Cistus ladaniferus
laurifolius
Colutea arborescens
Daphne Laureola
Mezereum
pontica
Deutzia crenata
gracilis
Forsythia suspensa
viridissima
Griselinia littoralis
Hibiscus syriacus
Hypericum calycinum
Hypericum nepalense
Koelrenteria paniculata
Leycesteria formosa
Philadelphus Gordonianus
Prunus nana
Pyrus japonica
Rhus Cotinus
Ribes aureum
sanguineum
Skimmia japonica
Syringa (nearly all)
Ulex europaeus fl.-pl.
Viburnum Opulus
Weigelia rosea
Yucca gloriosa
recurva
TREES FOR THE SEASIDE.
Acer campestre
saccharinum
Arbutus Unedo
Ailanthus glandulosa
Aesculus Hippocastanum
rubicunda
Catalpa bignonioides
Fraxinus Ornus
SHRUBS FOR THE SEASIDE.
Atriplex halimus
Cerasus lusitanica
Cytisus Laburnum
scoparius
Euonymus japonicus
europaeus
Fabiana imbricata
Griselinia littoralis
Hippophae rhomnoides
Ilex Aquifolium
Laurus nobilis
Lycium europaeum
Prunus Padus
Rhamnus frangula
Ribes sanguineum
Rosa spinosiss
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