CHAPTER VIII 



IT is perhaps a mistake to mention greenhouse shrubs, 

 as I do from time to time in this brochure ; but my sole 

 intent is to add to your store of things that may belong to 

 the garden for a considerable part of the year and need only be 

 protected at their flowering season. Thus Mackaya bella, whose 

 pale lavender blossoms appear in June, may, after flowering, be 

 put out and plunged in a sunny bed, to its own great advantage, 

 until October. I believe this to be a very desirable method 

 with many shrubs that cannot be trusted to weather the winter. 

 Mackaya, named after Dr. J. F. Mackay, of " Flora Hibernica " 

 fame, is a handsome evergreen, and comes from Natal. There 

 is only one species of the genus known. It appears to be rare 

 in cultivation, and my piece came as a very little plant from a 

 German nursery. Hard wood must be made, or it will not 

 flower. 



Madura auruntiaca has gone. It grew into an immense bush, 

 and was probably planted in too rich a soil. Year after year it 

 waxed in size, and did nothing but grow and annoy other things. 

 This Osage-orange is well spoken of by those who have seen a 

 seemly fruiting plant, but until my own eyes are satisfied, I shall 

 not try it again. 



One comes with joy to the glorious company of Magnolias. 

 Most of them, however, demand more space than I can give 

 them, though a few are here. Magnolia Camphelli, from Sikkim, 



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