Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1884 — Styrax Japonica. [ARTICLE]

Styrax Japonica.

The most valuable of recent introductions from Japan is Styrax japonica, a shrub attaining a height of six or eight feet, and bearing a profusion of most charming white flowers of the size of an apple blossom. The species was first described in 1835 by Siebold and Zuccarini, in their works upon Japan plants. It has only recently been introduced into this country, however, and is not yet grown by mpre than two or three nurseymen. It is bound to become a general favorite as soon as known. The most charming feature of the plant is its habit of bearing slender, horizontal branches, along the upper side of which are the leaves, while the chaste, wax-like flowers hang oh slender pedicels beneath. Its period of flowering is late spring, the blossoms remaining for about two weeks. It is perfectly hardy in this latitude.