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and otlurs, have generally perished; but they are among the tenderer kinds, and even glohulni 

 is growing unharmed on the terrace at Osborne. On the other hand, E. coccij'ira can scarcely 

 bo said to have felt the cold again.^t a south wall in the garden of the llorticultural Society, and 

 there are many that exist in a wild state in still colder stations. Among these are some that the 

 gold diggers of Mount Alexander might easily send home from the Australian Aljis. AVe ven- 

 ture to prophecy that E. alp'nia, for instance, found by Sir T. Mitcuell on the summit of Mount 

 William, will be as hard as a Holly. 



" Ei(genia Ugnioi which we subjoin a sketch, is apparently as hardy as a Myrtle, and consid- 

 ering its great value as a fruit-bearing bush, deserves special mention. What experience has 



been gained about it amounts to this, 

 that it was unhurt against a north-west 

 wall, at Exeter, by the winter frost, 

 though injured by the sudden fall of 

 temperature in April ; we also know 

 that it is nearly allied to the common 

 MjTtle, and that it is found wild on the 

 hills near Valparaiso, as well as in 

 Chiloe. "Were it merely as an ornamen- 

 tal bush we should have passed it by 

 without special notice, although its 

 graceful habit, fine evergreen leaves, 

 and numerous delicate blush flowers, 

 render it no mean decoration of a gar- 

 den. But it is the fruit of the species 

 which gives it its true value ; this con- 

 sists of a jet black delicate juicy berry, 

 as large as a black Currant, and pro- 

 duced in the utmost profusion; so that 

 in the private gardens of Valparaiso the 

 plant is grown as a common article of 

 dessert, and is highly esteemed; as it 

 well may be, for it is no exaggeration 

 to say that it ranks in merit with the 

 Peach and Greengage Plum. Upon this 

 point, however, we shall have more to 

 say hereafter. Mention is made of it 

 now with reference merely to its power 

 of resisting cold. 



"With the exception of Euonymus 

 japonicus, all the recently introduced 

 species of that genus proved too tender 

 for general use, and must be regarded as 

 suitable to the south and west alone. 



"As to Fahiana imbri-.ata, what we 

 have seen of it leads us to believe that 

 it perishes from dryness of the air rather than from cold ; for even in the most favorable 

 stations, temperature alone being regarded, it dies, while iu gardens near London a very little 

 shelter 6uifiee9 to preserve it. More experience is however wanted as to this. 



" That Fagus Cu7ininghamia, the beautiful little Van Diemen's Land Evergreen Beech, is hardy 

 up to the latitude of London we now hold to be perfectly well ascertained, for although it 

 is returned from Kew as killed to the ground, we are inclined to suppose that the instance 

 alluded to was owing to some local accident, or to its roots having been within reach of water, 

 In the report upon which these notes are founded it is said that behind a heap of stones at 

 Greene, a very low situation in heavy clay, but in a position a little raised above the grov 



EUGENIA UGJO. 



