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IILICIUM. 



(Aniseed Tree.) 



The two species named, although usually confined 

 to the greenhouse, may be successfully grown in the 

 open air. They should have situations somewhat 

 screened from the influence of the sun, or they lose 

 much of the beauty of their foliage. For soil, they 

 prefer a sandy loam, or loam and peat. They are both 

 slow-growing plants. 



ILLICIUM FLORIDANUM. Ellis. 

 (Florida Illicium.) 



A branching shrub five or six feet high, with smooth 

 shining leaves, generally of a reddish tint, as are also 

 the leaf- stalks, and branches. The flowers, both in 

 colour and form, resemble those of Calycanthusfloridus. 



ILLICIUM RELIGIOSUM. 

 (Holy Illicium.) 



Eesembles in general character the one previously 

 mentioned, but its leaves are stouter, and destitute of the 

 red tint for which that is conspicuous. The flowers, 

 too, are larger, and of a yellowish green. A very 

 pretty shrub, quite hardy in the south, and in other 

 favourable localities. 



