The leaves are sometimes acute, sometimes obtuse and emai'- 

 ginate. 



To any part of the flower-garden or pleasure-ground the 

 Daphne Cneorum will add grace. This shrub, together with 

 a variety that has been obtained possessing variegated leaves, 

 are well suited for decorating rock-work, their natural prostrate 

 disposition being in true accordance with such a situation : 

 indeed, the very pleasing effect and the excellent relief pro- 

 duced by the judicious introduction of rock-work have been 

 the means of raising many small plants from obscurity. How- 

 ever correct this remark may be, it is not so applicable to the 

 D. Cneorum as to many other dwarf plants ; for the delicacy 

 of its growth, the fragrance of the flowers, and the modesty 

 of the height to which this interesting shrub attains, adapt it 

 more particularly for ornamenting the front of flower-beds. 

 It flowers during the month of May, producing a profusion of 

 pink flowers in clusters : it will also frequently flower a second 

 time during the autumn, but neither so profuse nor so luxu- 

 riant as in the spring. 



This shrub does not perfect its seeds in this country, but is 

 readily propagated by laying performed in the spring. It 

 grows well in peat earth, or in a mixture of peat and loam. 



It is a native of the Alps of Europe, and was introduced 

 in 1739. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



Corolla magnified and expanded, showing the insertion of the stamens 

 in the throat. 



