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had from trees in tubs, but a few days' journey brings us to orange 

 trees growing as freely and gracefully as willows in Tunis and Algeria 

 and the countries round the Mediterranean. 



The Poet's Laurel in Tubs. — The Laurel is a winter-garden 



The Blue African Lily {Agapatithus umbellattis) in its summer quarters. 



plant over a large area of northern and central Europe, where the true 

 Laurel (our gardeners and nurserymen erroneously give the name to 

 the vigorous evergreen Cherry, of which we have too much in 

 England) is a tender evergreen, requiring the protection of a house 



