Golden Bell

Golden Bell (Forsythia) - Beautiful spring-flowering shrubs, especially F. suspensa, whose long, slender, wand-like shoots are studded for a considerable distance with bright golden blossoms. Being of a rather loose habit, it is suited for training on walls or banks; indeed, few subjects are superior to it for a sunny spot, where the wood will thoroughly ripen. When rambling about in a free state, or when hanging over a bank or a cutting, this Forsythia is seen to very great advantage. F. viridissima, another species, is quite a shrub. It needs a spot fully exposed to the sun, so that a good display of bloom may be ensured. A certain Forsythia was sent here from the Continent two or three years since under the name of F. intermedia, and was announced as a hybrid between F. suspensa and F. viridissima. Though at first very little disposed in its favour, I have recently seen it in a better light. Its general appearance is about midway between its alleged parents. F. i. densiflora and F. i. spectabilis are well-marked forms of this plant, the last named without doubt the most beautiful of all known Forsythias. Forsythias may be flowered under glass in the greenhouse or the conservatory during the early months of the year, and if so treated they will bloom well. Owing to the time the blossoms expand, when in the open ground, very little forcing is necessary to have them in bloom quite early. Fortunei and Sieboldi are names often used; but these represent only vigorous forms of F. suspensa. Shoots of the rambling kinds root from the points almost as readily as a bramble, and cuttings strike freely. A new kind has recently been found in Europe—S. europaea, and has proved the least ornamental.

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