This section is from the "American Horticultural Manual Vol1" book, by J. L. Budd. Also available from Amazon American Horticultural Manual, Part One (1902).
The golden bell (Forsythia viridis-sima) displays its bright-yellow flowers from bottom to top of the young growth very early in spring — even earlier than the Juneberry. Where a drooping or pendent growth is desirable Forsythia suspensa is planted. It is equally hardy and free in flowering. Indeed, in the West its flower-buds are hardier than those of F. viridissima.
 
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