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Title: Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Bean, William Jackson, 1863-
Subjects: Shrubs Trees
Publisher: London J. Murray
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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sh Isles is growing nearthe .Sun Temple at Kew. It is a male tree now 65 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft.6 ins. in girth. The trunk is singularly picturesque because of the ruggedbark, which is deeply cut into square or rectangular blocks. This tree wasplanted where it now stands in 1762, being one of a large collection trans-ferred from the Duke of Argylls garden at Whitton to the then newly formed DIOSPYROS—DIOSTEA 495 arboretum at Kew. In a young state the persimmon is rather like thedate plum, but the leaves are longer-stalked, not of so polished a green,broader and more rounded at the base. DIOSTEA JUNCEA, Miers. verbenace.e. (Bot. Mag., t. 7695 ; Lippia juncea, Schauer ; Verbena juncea, Hooker.) A slender, tall, deciduous shrub of thin, erect habit, eventually a smalltree, 15 to 20 ft. high; young branches long, slender, rush-like; withscattered down at first, then smooth. Leaves opposite, few, the pairsoften about 2 ins. apart; stalkless, usually \ to J in. long, ^ to J in. wide;
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DiOUTEA JUNCEA. ovate-oblong, triangular-toothed, thick, slightly downy. P^lowcrs pale lilac,produced during June, crowded on spikes about i in. long, which terminateshort lateral twigs. Corolla \ in. long, tubular, narrowed towards thebase, with five small rounded lobes. Calyx cylindrical, downy. Native of the Andes of Chile and the Argentine; introduced to Kcwabout 1890. This slirub or small tree, which is perfectly hardy in theopen, has somewhat the aspect of Spartium junceum, but is, of course,(juite dissimilar in flower; and even without flowers the opposite leavesshow the absence of relationship. It is an interesting plant, prettywithout being showy, and worth a place in a shrubbery where its nakedbase is hidden and its slender top can stand up above the other shrubs.It is quite well able to take care of itself in such a position. Increasedby cuttings in July and August. 496 DIPELTA DIPELTA. CAPRIFOLIACEyE. Four species belonging to this genus are known, two of which arein culti

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