176 SELECTION OF PLANTS. 



548. GAUTHERIA SHALLON. The Shallon Gautheria. 



Class 10th. Decandria Monogynia. 



This is a hardy handsome evergreen, running along the 

 surface of the ground, but with no disposition to arrive at 

 a stature exceeding that of a dwarf bush. 



It is a native of North-west America. It is readily in- 

 creased from layers and suckers, but seldom produces seed. 



549. HOVEA PURPUREA. Purple Hovea. 



Class 16th. Monadelphia Decandria. 



A New Holland plant ; a greenhouse shrub of much 

 beauty, flowering freely, and having a neat healthy foliage. 

 In the summer it will grow in the open air ; but it must be 

 removed back into the greenhouse upon the approach of 

 frost. It may be propagated by striking young cuttings 

 under a bell-glass, in white sand, mixed with a small 

 quantity of fine light mould, which are afterwards to be 

 shifted into a mixture of equal parts of peat and light 

 sandy loam. 



550. BERBERIS AQUIFOLIUM. Hotly-leaved Berberry. 



Class 6th. Hexandria Monogynia. 



It is a very ornamental evergreen, rising nearly two feet 

 high, and remarkable for the extremely lucid surface of its 

 leaves, which, when they first appear in the spring, are of 

 a delicate reddish cast, but become a deep rich green 

 towards the autumn. 



It is perfectly hardy, requiring no protection even in the 

 most severe weather. It seems disposed to produce fruit, 



