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above a foot high, producing its purplish-red bell- 

 shaped flowers in great abundance. 



ESCALLONIA. -Mutis. 



ESCALLONIA MACRANTHA. 



(Large-flowered Escallonia.) 



A very handsome shrub, of recent introduction, a 

 native of Chiloe. It is quite hardy, and forms an 

 excellent plant for training on a wall. The foliage is 

 very beautiful, of a deep green, glabrous and shining. 



ESCALLONIA MONTEVIDENSIS. De Candolk. 



Prom Brazil, where it grows in sandy places. It 

 thrives very well in any ordinary garden soil in this 

 country, and is very attractive in the early part of 

 autumn, being then loaded with a profusion of white 

 flowers, which renders it very conspicuous in the 

 shrubbery. It is quite hardy, and grows very vigor- 

 ously, forming a moderate-sized shrub, with ovate 

 leaves about an inch long. 



ESCALLONIA RUBRA. Persoon. 

 (Red-flowered Escallonia.) 



An excellent plant for a wall or for the shrubbery. 

 In the former situation it will grow six or eight feet 

 high, but in the latter it is much dwarfer, as its shoots 

 generally take a curved direction, pointing to the 



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