ten by
| | |birds."
| | |
V. O. sterile |Variety. Origin |White; |This is too well known to
(Snowball tree) |unknown |early June|need description. It is a
| | |graceful shrub, its
| | |branches bent with the
| | |weight of the rounded
| | |flower trusses. As in the
| | |case of V. macrocephalum
| | |and of V. plicatum the
| | |small and insignificant
| | |fertile flowers have become
| | |transformed by cultivation
| | |into large barren ones, and
| | |the truss also loses its
| | |flattened shape and becomes
| | |rounded or conical. It
| | |appreciates a moist soil.
| | |
V. rhytidophyllum |China |Yellow |A handsome evergreen shrub,
| |white |introduced by Messrs.
| | |Veitch. Ornamental foliage,
| | |and in September the
| | |berries turn to a rich red
| | |colour.
| | |
V. tomentosum |Japan |Cream |A very graceful shrub but
Mariesi | |white |little known. The sterile
| | |flowers are on the outer
| | |edge of the flat cymes, and
| | |line the spreading shoots.
| | |We hope it will soon be
| | |plentiful.
| | |
V. tomentosum var. |Japan. |Ivory |We have used the word
plicatum |Introduced by |white