Holly, Yew and Box 



mountain sides. It is recognised by its three- 

 cornered leaves, which are arranged in a curiously 

 angled manner on the stems, and its upright, 

 terminal racemes of reddish-purple flowers, which 

 are borne during autumn. It varies considerably 

 in habit, sometimes rising to a height of 5 or 6 

 feet, and sometimes bearing a resemblance to a 

 dwarf, compact moss, with all sorts of inter- 

 mediate stages. The colour of the flowers also 

 varies, and for these two reasons a selection of 

 some of the most distinct has been made, to 

 which varietal names have been given. Of these, 

 good ones are alba, alba minor, alba pilosa, alba 

 Serlei, alba tenella, and Hammondi, with white 

 flowers ; aurea and cuprea, with golden leaves ; 

 Alporti, rosea, and rubra, with red flowers ; flore 

 pleno, with double flowers ; and hypnoides, 

 minima, Foxii, and pygmaea, of dwarf, moss-like 

 appearance. 



Daboecia 



D. polifolia, the "St Dabeoc's Heath," is the 

 only species of this genus. It is a very flori- 

 ferous, low-growing shrub, with upright racemes 

 of drooping, urn-shaped, red flowers. Varieties 

 are known with white, and red and white flowers 

 mixed. 



Bryanthus. This is a Heath - like genus, 

 containing but a few species of dwarf shrubs, 



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