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the smaller- flowered cytiaua. Of thia there are two 

 aorta which are good ornament* fur any lawn the 

 pure whiUJ Cy/uiu alb*s from Portugal, very pretty, 

 though apt to grow in a thin and weak way, and the 

 (yintf praffoi^ a garden variety, which forma a cloae 

 bush covered with lovely, pale lemon flower*, which 

 laat a long time, but cannot lie picked on account of 

 their heavy, unpleasant smell. The lrlerrii % * are all 

 uaeful, both for their spring flowen and their autumnal 

 tint*, and they are easily grown, and kevp in guncl 

 shape. They are found in all quarter* of the globe, 

 and we have one in KngUnd which is interesting to the 

 student of old Knglish UiUny a* being joined by the 

 old writcni with the box as an ornamental hdlgo pUnt, 

 ;tnl Itearing a name which haa not changed (it ia 

 'bartiaryn tre * in the Promptorium), but which haa 

 never \teen cxplainctl. rAt/wyii //riui/ii ia a beautiful 

 shrub of the me family, which, though known to 

 taunt*!* for more than sixty years, haa only leen 

 intnuluccci into Kngland about twenty years. It is a 

 rich evergreen, and in spring is crowded with iu sweot 

 scento*! pure white flower*, and its bin la arc so like 

 the buds of the orange that they are often IUKX! aa 

 aubatitutoa. Though a Mexican plant, it is perfectly 

 hardv, but like* to bo sheltered from strong winda ; 

 and as it increaaea oaaily from cuttings, it ought soon 



