sulphur-flowered variety. Cantua dependent (Peru) evergreen, Various 

 bearing clusters of drooping, rose-coloured flowers four inches Rare 

 in length. Carpenteria calif or nica (evergreen) white flowers Flowering 

 with yellow centres. Oestrum (Habrotbamnus) (evergreen). Shrubs 

 C. corymbosa, red, and C. aurantiaca^ yellow. Clethra arborea 

 (Madeira) Lily of the Valley tree, evergreen, bearing panicles 

 of white, bell-shaped flowers in August. Correa (Australia) 



C. cardinalis (scarlet) is the handsomest. Daphne indica 

 (India) evergreen, bearing clusters of white, deliciously 

 scented flowers in winter. Datura (Peru). The yellow, 



D. jftava, and the crimson, D. sanguinea^ flower from August 

 until mid-winter. The latter has grown to a height of 14 feet 

 with a circumference of 18 yards at Falmouth. Desfontalnea 

 spinosa (Chili) evergreen, with holly-like leaves, bearing 

 bright vermilion, drooping flowers tipped with yellow. 

 Drimys Winter i (South America) evergreen, bearing ivory- 

 white, fragrant flowers an inch across. Eucryphia pinnatifolia 

 (Chili) a very beautiful shrub, bearing large, pure -white 

 blossoms during the month of August. The finest specimen, 

 1 8 feet in height and 12 feet through, is at Trewidden. 

 Fabiana imbricata (Chili) a heath-like shrub, bearing a pro- 

 fusion of white, tubular flowers clustered thickly around each 

 shoot. Fremontia californica evergreen, bearing large, cup- 

 shaped, yellow flowers. Mitraria coccinea (Chiloe) ever- 

 green, bearing brilliant scarlet, drooping flowers. Ozothamnus 

 rosmarinifolius (Australia) evergreen, bearing countless, 

 minute, white flowers that completely hide the foliage. 

 Philesia buxifolia (Chili) a dwarf, evergreen shrub, bearing 

 large, drooping, pink, lapageria-like flowers. Psoralea pinnata 

 (South Africa) evergreen, bearing blue, pea-like flowers. 



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