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flowers are purplish, and delightfully fragrant. Leaves 

 large and shining, a free grower, and succeeds best in 

 a warm sheltered situation. Blooms from February 

 to April. 



DAPHNE JAPONICA. 



Resembles D. indica rubra in general habit, but 

 has variegated foliage. The flowers are equally fragrant. 

 A fine shrub, very hardy, grows rapidly, and will 

 succeed in almost any soil or situation. 



DAPHNE LAUREOLA. Liwncws. 

 (Spurge Laurel.) 



Found in woods in England, as well as in many 

 other parts of Europe. A valuable shrub for under- 

 wood in plantations, as it thrives best in the shade. 

 In fact, when planted in sunny places, it loses its 

 beautiful green colour, and assumes a reddish-brown 

 tint ; height about four feet. 



DAPHNE INDICA. var. rubra. 



Usually treated as a greenhouse plant, but is suffi- 

 ciently hardy for the open air in many parts of the 

 country. It requires a soil composed of loam and 

 peat, and the situation should not be wet. The 

 delightful fragrance of its blossoms has rendered it a 

 favourite with all ; and merely as an evergreen shrub 

 it is very pretty. 



