120 EVERGREENS. 



Dr. Hooker, in his very elaborate paper in the volume 

 of " The Journal of the Horticultural Society " for the 

 present year. The localities in which any of the 

 species were found assuming the character of epiphytes 

 were always excessively humid, often in dense woods. 

 And the same species which there occurred as 

 epiphytes became terrestrial in more open, and, of 

 course, drier situations. This character must, there- 

 fore, be considered as merely local or accidental, and 

 should by no means influence the course of treatment 

 adopted for them in this country. 



