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at the tips of the branches. It is a valuable shrub, not 

 only in an ornamental way, but on account of its thriving 

 in damp, swampy ground, where few others could exist, 

 while at the same time it will succeed and flower freely in 

 almost any good garden soil. 



Cleyera (Ternstromiaceae). 



CLEYERA JAPONICA. Japan, 1820. This is a variable 

 species, with oblong-lanceolate, evergreen leaves, and small, 

 whitish-yellow, fragrant flowers. There is a variegated 

 variety in which the leaf-margins are of a pale yellow 

 colour. In light soil and a warm situation it does well, 

 but cannot be recommended for general planting. 



Clianthus (Leguminosae), 



CLIANTHUS PUNICEUS. New Zealand, 1832. A shrubby 

 plant, the foliage of which is covered with silky hairs, and 

 produces abundantly scarlet, boat-shaped flowers. With 

 the protection of a wall it flowers freely in the warmer 

 parts of this country, when planted in any light, rich soil. 



Cocculus (Menispermaceae). 



COCCULUS CAROLINUS. United States. This is a half- 

 hardy, twining shrub, of free growth when planted by a tree 

 stem in a sheltered wood, but with by no means showy 

 greenish flowers ; indeed, it may be described in few words 

 as a shrub of no great beauty nor value. 



C. LAURIFOLIUS, from the Himalayas and Japan, 1820, 

 is even less hardy than the above, although, used as a wall 

 plant, it has survived for many years in the South and 

 West of England. The foliage of this species is neat and 

 ornamental, but liable to injury from cold easterly winds, 

 while the flowers are whitish-green. 



