GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 101 
(Forster), ramis glabriusculis, frutex sesqui- 
In Forster's drawing, the mineral 
resh. wan want of down on the branches 
arises from 
"Im Iaei RTRT s group this species 
attains a much larger size than it 
America, there seldom exceeding four feet in 
height ; whilst Forster describes the Dusky 
Bay tree as twelve feet, and I have seen it as 
overlooking Rendezvous Harbour ; from 
ce it looked powdered with white 
flowers.” 
572. Epacris NivALIs. —Loddiges. A half-hardy evergreen bush, 
from Australia. Flowers pure white. Belongs to Epacrids. (Fig. 280.). 
This was introduced from New Holland by the late Henry Moreton Dyer, Esq., 
while vice-president of the Horticultural Society, who gave seeds of it, in 1829, to Mr. 
snow-white flowers, is atten ornamental Any greenhouse will afford it pro- 
tection enough in summer it bear the pre air of this climate. 
In Dorsetshire indeed it “ found to be perfectly hardy ; ; Mr. Strangways having 
furnished us with the specimen 
from which our cut was taken, 
from his garden at weed 
bury. In the open air it is ; 
very much handsomer fae in a greenhouse, dwarf, compact, and 
crowded with little white bells, nestling among the black-green 
leaves. Itis not unlikely to stand even a London winter if placed 
in a Northern exposure 
579. PAULOWNIA IMPERIALIS. Siebold & Zuccarini. 
A hardy deciduous tree, belonging to the Natural Order 
of Linariads. Native of Japan. Flowers violet and 
sweet-scented. 
The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Exeter did me the favour 
to send me two panicles from hc ay grounds of € 
near Torquay. “The blosso: his Lordship writes, “ 
terminal clusters ; and the di fleet will probably be lost w tim 
2 reaches you) is of a very delicate violet-like character."—* But 
ter all, the effect to the eye is rather suoi 4 dor the 
half o 
cially in a plant whose si ng 
inspected upon the tree ; “yet a cut panic 
violet-purple blossoms, as large as those of the oe with a 
young shoot of tender green leaves, is a very lovely object, to say 
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