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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



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 in our Ilort. 

 suffruticose 



Cils'in tanUta Jac, Bot. Reg., t. 438., and our fig. 

 lli!6., is a suffruticose plant of uncertain origin, but 

 with showy yellow flowers, which it produces from 

 July to September. It is commonly kept in a frame, 

 but would thrive well on conservative rockwork, in a 

 favourable situation. 



Capriiria lanccolula L. ; FrocUnia salicif^lia Bot. 

 Mag., t. 1536. ; is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 introduced in 1774. A plant has stood against the wall 

 in the Chelsea Botanic Garden for several years; 

 and, though it is generally klled down to the ground 

 in winter, it has always hitherto sprung up again in 

 spring, and made a much finer appearance than it 

 could possibly have done in a pot. 



The genera Ai'tmsdSi R. ct P., Angelfinia //. B. et 

 Kunt/i, Lop/iospirmiim Don, Rhiidoduton Zucc, Ay/c- 

 ierlnia 1). Don, all contain species which might be tried 

 against a conservative wall in the south of Kngland. 

 If, after perusing what is stated in this work resi)ecting the half-hardy ligneous 

 plants of any order or tribe, ttie reader will turn to the same natural order or tribe 

 Brit., he will generally find a number of other species, green.house or stove plants, and 

 or completely ligneous,from which he may increase his selection fortrial in theoiienair. 



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CHAP. LXXXVI. 



OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER LABIA'CEiE. 



Almost the whole of the plants of this order, which are technically lic^neous 

 or suffruticose, may be more properly treated, in gardens, as herbaceous^plants 

 "^ than as shrubs ; nevertheless, as 



this work would be incomplete 

 without noticing them, we shall 

 name some of the principal species, 

 and refer for the remainder to 

 our Hortus Britaiinicus. The best 

 situation for a collection of lig- 

 neous Labiaceae, is on dry rock- 

 work. 



Satureja moiitann L., Fl. Graec. t. 543., and our Jig. 1131., is a well-known 

 culinary iierb, a native of the south of Europe, which, on dry calcareous soil, 

 will form a neat little evergreen bush, 

 from 1 ft. to 2 ft. in height. S. 

 cajntata Willd., a native of the Le- 

 vant, is equally hardy, and, indeed, 

 appears to be only a variety of the 

 former. There are, also, some species 

 or varieties from Sicily, Candia, and 

 the Ionian Islands, which are con- 

 sidered as frame plants, and may 

 be tried on conservative rockwork. 



T/ij/»ms t>u/garis L., and our 

 Jtg. 1132., forms a neat little ever- 

 green shrub, when kept in dry cal- 

 careous soil, or on rockwork : and 

 T. grrntdiflorns Hort. ; T. Masti- 

 china L., Black., t. 134,; is a native 

 of Spain, with hoary, hairy calyxes. 

 In an arboretum where every single 

 species or variety is to be exhibited 

 by itself, such a beautiful and fragrant genus as Thymus 

 may have a small cone or hemis[)here of rockwork devoted to each species 

 or variety. There are some half-hardy species, which might also be tried. 

 They are not only beautiful when in flower, but are highly fragrant, and 

 attractive to bees. 



\iyxs\rpus offiriiin/h L., and omfiir. 1133., forms an undcrshiub of 2 ft. in 



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