CHAP, LXXXVI. LABIA CER. 1279 
height, and is very ornamental when 
in flower. It should be treated 4 
like Thymus. 
Teucrium angustifolium Schreb. is 
an evergreen undershrub, a native 
of Spain, which will grow to the 
height of 8 ft. or upwards, and is or- 
namental when covered with its blue 
flowers. T. fruticans (figs. 1135, 
1136.) is a well-known half-hardy 
species, which will sometimes stand the open air in the 
neighbourhood of London, for several years in succession, 
on dry rockwork. T. Marum L. (fig.1134.), 
T. flavum, T. Polium, and various others 
enumerated in the Hortus Britannicus, aii 
being all natives of the south of Europe, 
or the north of Africa, are half-hardy; 
-~ or, in the south of England, in warm 
Sy Situations, in dry soil, quite hardy. T. 
corymbosum R. Br. is a native of Van 
Diemen’s Land, which has small leaves 
and white flowers. It has been raised in 
-~ *S 1134 the Cambridge Botanic Garden, where it 
has attained the height of 3 ft. 
Phlomis fruticosa L., N. Du Ham, 6. t.40., Bot. Mag., t. 1843., 
and our jig. 1137.; Jerusalem sage; is a native of Spain, 
with yellow flowers, appearing in June and July. 
This is a greyish evergreen shrub, growing 4 ft. 
or 5ft. high, and, in 1138 
dry soils, enduring 10 
or 12 years. The 
flowers are produced { 
in large whorls, and ? wiie— 
have a very conspi- s 
cuous appearance. 
The plant well merits ; 
a place in collections, | 
on account of the ‘ 
remarkable _appear- 
ance of its foliage, in- 
dependently altoge- 
ther of its flowers. 
Other ligneous, ever- 
green, hardy species, with yellow flowers, will 
be found mentioned in our Hortus Britannicus. 
_ P. purpiirea Smith Spic., 6.t.3., and our fig. 1138., differs from the pre- 
ceding sort, in having its flowers of a pale purple colour. Both sorts have a 
peculiar soapy smell. 
Rosmarinus officinalis L., Fl.Graec., 1.t.14., and our fig. 1139., is a well-known 
evergreen shrub, a native of the south of Europe, which has been an in- 
habitant of our gardens since 1548. There are plants of it in different gardens 
in the neighbourhood of London, which, as bushes in the open border, in 5 
or 6 years have attained the height of as many feet, and breadth in proportion ; 
thus forming very handsome evergreen byshes. We may refer in proof of 
this to the Twickenham Botanic Garden, and to the gardens of many small 
suburban villas. In a wild state, the rosemary grows 4ft. or 5 ft. high; but 
there is a variety with broad leaves, which, when trained against a wall, will 
grow to the height of 10ft. or 12ft. As the plant flowers from January to 
April, it forms, when so treated, a very desirable garden ornament. There 
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