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The snowdrop-trees are large shrubs or trees with rather large bright green generally oblong and short- stalked leaves and white slender-stalked drooping bell-shaped flowers appearing before or with the leaves and followed by winged light brown fruits. Halesia Carolina is hardy as far north as Massachusetts and is very handsome in spring when covered with its white flowers. Halesia diptera is hardy as far north as Philadelphia and is usually a smaller plant, but has larger flowers and leaves. They thrive in almost any good soil, but prefer a rich well-drained soil and a sheltered position; they are easily transplanted. Propagation is by layers or root-cuttings in spring or autumn; also by greenwood cuttings taken from forced plants. Seed should be sown at once or stratified: if allowed to become dry, it does not germinate until the second or sometimes the third year.

The snowdrop-trees are large shrubs or trees with rather large bright green generally oblong and short- stalked leaves and white slender-stalked drooping bell-shaped flowers appearing before or with the leaves and followed by winged light brown fruits. Halesia Carolina is hardy as far north as Massachusetts and is very handsome in spring when covered with its white flowers. Halesia diptera is hardy as far north as Philadelphia and is usually a smaller plant, but has larger flowers and leaves. They thrive in almost any good soil, but prefer a rich well-drained soil and a sheltered position; they are easily transplanted. Propagation is by layers or root-cuttings in spring or autumn; also by greenwood cuttings taken from forced plants. Seed should be sown at once or stratified: if allowed to become dry, it does not germinate until the second or sometimes the third year.

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'''''Halesia''''' ('''Silverbell''' or '''Snowdrop Tree''') is a small [[genus]] of four or five species of [[deciduous]] large [[shrub]]s or small [[tree]]s in the family [[Styracaceae]], native to eastern [[Asia]] (southeast [[China]]) and eastern [[North America]] (southern [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] south to [[Florida]] and eastern [[Texas]], [[United States]]). They grow to 5-20 m tall (rarely to 39 m), and have alternate, simple ovate [[leaf|leaves]] 5-16 cm long and 3-8 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are pendulous, white or pale pink, produced in open clusters of 2-6 together, each flower 1-3 cm long. The [[fruit]] is an oblong dry [[drupe]] 2-4 cm long, with two or four narrow longitudinal ribs or wings.

'''''Halesia''''' ('''Silverbell''' or '''Snowdrop Tree''') is a small [[genus]] of four or five species of [[deciduous]] large [[shrub]]s or small [[tree]]s in the family [[Styracaceae]], native to eastern [[Asia]] (southeast [[China]]) and eastern [[North America]] (southern [[Ontario]], [[Canada]] south to [[Florida]] and eastern [[Texas]], [[United States]]). They grow to 5-20 m tall (rarely to 39 m), and have alternate, simple ovate [[leaf|leaves]] 5-16 cm long and 3-8 cm broad. The [[flower]]s are pendulous, white or pale pink, produced in open clusters of 2-6 together, each flower 1-3 cm long. The [[fruit]] is an oblong dry [[drupe]] 2-4 cm long, with two or four narrow longitudinal ribs or wings.

''H. monticola'' is by far the largest of the genus, with specimens up to 39 m tall known in  the [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] in [[North Carolina]]; the second-largest is ''H. macgregorii'', reaching 24 m in China. The others rarely exceed 10 m tall.

''H. monticola'' is by far the largest of the genus, with specimens up to 39 m tall known in  the [[Great Smoky Mountains National Park]] in [[North Carolina]]; the second-largest is ''H. macgregorii'', reaching 24 m in China. The others rarely exceed 10 m tall.

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