l beautiful,
| | |viz.: album, nearly white;
| | |atrosanguineum, very deep
| | |coloured; flore-pleno,
| | |with double flowers the
| | |last of all to bloom;
| | |glutinosum, pale rose;
| | |malvaceum, dense clusters
| | |of rosy-lilac flowers.
| | |
*R. speciosum |California |Deep |Shrub 6 to 8 feet, stems
(Fuchsia-flowered | |scarlet; |spiny, flowers very
Gooseberry), (Syn. | |April and |beautiful. A delightful
R. fuchsioides) | |May |wall plant, though quite
| | |hardy in south of England.
| | |
*Robinia hispida |South United |Purplish |From a flowering point of
(Rose Acacia), |States; |rose; June|view this is the finest of
(Syn. Robinia |Leguminosae | |all the Robinias. Though
rosea) | | |usually a small standard
| | |grafted on the common False
| | |Acacia, this is naturally a
| | |rambling shrub some 6 feet
| | |in height, with
| | |wide-spreading branches
| | |clothed with dark-green
| | |pinnate leaves, and about
| | |June the pendulous racemes
| | |of large snowy blossoms are
| | |at their best. In this
| | |species the stiff hairs
| | |that clothe the young
| | |shoots and flower stalks
| | |are very noticeable, but
| | |there is a variety
|