rally of lighter green and less substantial, and the bloom 

 odorous. Miller made three species of them, of which the 

 double variety of odorum constituted one. 



The present plant is a straight branching shrub, remind- 

 ing us of the Osier, seldom exceeding 7-8 feet : stem round, 

 bark brown : leaves firm narrow-lanceolate, 3-6 inches long, 

 t-1 inch broad, generally in threes : cymes terminal, many- 

 flowered, loose : corolla much multiplied, peach-coloured, 

 becoming redder when exposed to the open air for any time ; 

 scent resembling that of bitter almonds, or rather the 

 peruvian Heliotrope, but still more powerful. 



Cult 



1 



in the Chelsea physic-garden in 1683 ; but 



become very rare or been 



the return of an intercourse with France 



iy 



b™ a 



tr 



thence were 



■ded 



plants 



for, on 

 f it 



novelties by our 



gardeners, and supposed to be different from those fo 



in the country. 



B 



this 



ly the variety 



proved 

 the spec 



both by the descript 

 imen in the Banksian 

 depreciate its worth, : 



mistake, the present be 

 ated by M 



as we h 



in 



his d 



an 



Herbar 



Howev 

 mot be 



d 



this 



desirable plant for 



It is known in the West Indies by the name of the South 

 Sea Rose, and was much cultivated there for ornamental 



fences, till 



having been 



found noxious to the cattle that 



brow zed it, it was confined 



to the garden. 



Both this and 



Oleander have the reputation of being poisonous. 



From size well suited to the border of the conservatory; 

 will do in the greenhouse, but we have never seen it in 

 such perfection as in the hothouse, where it will continue 



*„ i.i ..:n .. • . . -««■...... 



to bloom till winter sets in. 

 The drawing was made 



Multiplied by cuttings. 



at Mr. Knight's nursery, King's 

 Road, Little Chelsea. The plant is now in almost all the 



principal nurseries near London. 



