| NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. |
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| | |
Gordonia Lasianthus|Virginia to |White; |A sub-evergreen shrub 6 to
(Loblolly Bay) |Florida; |July |8 feet high, bearing
|Ternstroemiaceae| |beautiful white flowers
| | |like single Camellias. It
| | |needs a sheltered spot and
| | |a moist peaty soil.
| | |
G. pubescens |Georgia and |White |Of rather smaller growth
|Florida | |than the preceding, while
| | |the leaves are pubescent
| | |underneath. The flowers,
| | |too, have the tuft of
| | |yellow stamens more
| | |pronounced than in G.
| | |Lasianthus. Both need the
| | |same treatment.
| | |
Halesias (Silver |Styraceae |...... |This is a beautiful family
Bell, or Snowdrop | | |of flowering trees, named
trees) | | |after Dr. Stephen Hales.
| | |The flowers are like the
| | |snowdrop in shape, hence
| | |the name, and there are two
| | |distinct sections, American
| | |and Asiatic. The Halesias
| | |like a rich, moist, loamy
| | |or peaty soil. Although
| | |often trees of considerable
| | |size in their native homes,
| | |they mostly retain a
| | |somewhat shrubby character
| | |in this country. All the