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in the first case, and about half the length in the 

 second, in the spring. Examples 10 feet or so in 

 height are to be found in some gardens. 



EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM. South America. The 

 Fire Bush. The most brilliant of all flowering trees 

 capable of out-door culture in this country. In May 

 every twig is laden with clusters of long flowers of 

 glowing scarlet, the trees presenting a most gorgeous 

 spectacle. Every good garden in Cornwall and most 

 in South Devon possesses specimens, some con- 

 taining a dozen or more. The finest are probably 

 Trewidden and Penjerrick, where they are 30 feet in 

 height and as much in spread. 



ERIOSTEMON BUXIFOLIUS. Australia. A small 

 evergreen shrub, bearing pink flowers in the spring. 

 Tresco. 



ESCALLONIA ILLINITA. Chili. Bears white flowers 

 in July. There is one 15 feet high at Menabilly. 

 E. revoluta Chili. Bears white flowers three 

 quarters of an inch long in August, 20 feet high. 

 Menabilly. E. organensis Organ Mountains. Bears 

 rose-coloured flowers. Fine specimens in more than 

 one garden. E. floribunda Montevideo. Bears 

 fragrant white flowers in August. Common in the 

 south-west. 



EUCALYPTI. Australia. Some thirty or forty 

 specimens are grown, of which perhaps the best 

 known are : . globulus, which has attained a height 

 of 50 feet ; E. citriodora, 20 feet, against the house at 

 Togerthnan ; E. amygdalina, &c. Many flower freely 

 and bear fertile seed. E. Gunnii flowers freely at 



