| | |a pretty but by no means
| | |showy shrub, and needs
| | |moist, peaty soil.
| | |
Cassiope fastigiata|Himalaya; |Pink; |A pretty little erect
|Ericaceae |Summer |growing shrub about a foot
| | |high, suggesting a Club
| | |Moss or a small Conifer,
| | |with tiny bell-shaped
| | |blossoms. It is suitable
| | |only as a rock-work
| | |shrub in moist, peaty
| | |soil.
| | |
C. hypnoides |Siberia |White |Even smaller than the
| | |preceding, and needs the
| | |same treatment.
| | |
C. tetragona |North America |White |The tiny scale-like leaves
|and | |of this are arranged in
|Northern Europe | |four rows, thus giving the
| | |branches a curious square
| | |appearance. Succeeds under
| | |the same conditions as the
| | |others. The Cassiopes are
| | |difficult to grow.
| | |
Catalpa |Bignoniaceae | |This genus of large
| | |deciduous trees is
| | |represented in both
| | |the eastern and western
| | |hemispheres, and contains
| | |about a dozen species. Only
| | |five of these are at
| | |present in cultivation in
| | |Britain or are known to be