CHAP. XL/X. il/YRTA CE^E. MELALEU'CEiE. 



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683 



June to September. In its native country, it is a tree growing to the height of from 20 ft. to 30 ft. 

 There has been a stool of this species in the American ground of the Kensington Nursery,for upwards 

 of 10 years, which, though protected by mats during^winter, shows the species to be tolerably hardy. 

 There are several other species described, but very few of them have yet been introduced. (See 

 Don's MUl.,'u. p. 813.) 



Beaufdrtia dccussiifa R. Br. {Bot. Reg., t. 18. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1733. ; and our j?^. ()83.) is a native 

 of New Holland, introduced in 1800, and producing its scarlet flowers from May to July. It 

 attains, in green-houses, the height of 8ft. or 10ft., growing freely, and flowering abundantly 

 every year; and, doubtless, would be very suitable for a conservative wall. It, and all the species 

 of the preceding genus, and following genera, are of the easiest propagation and culture in sand 

 and peat. 



Calothdmmis villosa R. Br. {Bot. Reg., t. 1099. ; and our fig. 684.) is a native of New Holland, 

 introduced in 1823, growing to the height of 4 ft. or 5 ft., and producing its splendid scarlet flowers 

 from July to September. C. gracilis R. Br., C. quadrifida R. Br. Bot. Mag., t. 1506, and C. clavuta 

 Cunningh., from New Holland, are also in British gardens. The first is the most common. 



Melaleuca squumea l^ahiW. [Bof. Reg., t. 477.) is a native of Van Diemen's Land, where it forms 

 a middle-sized tree, with lanceolate leaves, and lilac flowers. Introduced in 1805, and flowering in 

 June and July. 



M. linearifdlia Smith Exot. Bot., t. 56. ; Metrosideros Ayssopiftilia Cav. ; the Tea Tree of New 

 Holland ; and our Jig. 685., representing a full-grown tree in the neighbourhood of Sydney, upwards 

 of soft, high ; is a native of New South Wales, and has green-coloured flowers, which are produced 

 in July and August. It has been in the country since 

 1793. 



M. pulcheUa R. Br, Bot. Cab., t. 200., is a native of 

 New Holland, on the south coast, with reddish flow, 

 ers, which are produced from June to September. It 

 was introduced in 1803, and grows to the height of 

 3 ft. 



M. hypericifolia Smith {Bot. Reg., t. 200. ; and our 

 fig. 687.) is a native of New South Wales, introduced 

 in 1792. Its flowers are of a splendid scarlet, and they 

 are produced from June to August. 



M. squarrbsa Smith Bot. Mag., t. 1935., has yellow. 

 ish flowers. It is a native of Van Diemen's Land, 

 where it grows to the height of 40 ft. ; and was intro- 

 duced in 1794. 



There are above a dozen other species in British 

 gardens, all well deserving a place against a conservative wall. In Italy, some species of 

 have attained the height of 31") ft. or 40 ft., in a very few years. (See p. 168.) 



this genus 



