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E. ROTTJNDIFOLIA (syn E. multiflora). An interesting 

 and perfectly hardy species, growing about 5 feet high, 

 and remarkable for the great wealth of pretty scarlet and 

 amber-coloured berries. The flowers are not very showy, 

 but this is made up by the beautiful silvery leaves, most 

 pronounced on the undersides, and wealth of fruit, which 

 hangs on long stalks like cherries. 



Other species of less interest are E. pungens (syn E. 

 reflexa), of which there is a variegated variety; and E. 

 umbellata, of good habit and with large leaves and clustered 

 white, fragrant flowers. The various species and varieties 

 of Elseagnus may all be cultivated in light, free soil, and 

 from experiments that were recently made, they have been 

 found of great value for planting by the seaside. They 

 are popularly known as the Wild Olives and Evergreen 

 Oleasters, and are capable of withstanding long periods 

 of drought. 



Embothrium (Proteaceae)* 



EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM. Fire Bush. South America, 

 1851. This is a beautiful shrub, of tall growth, with 

 flowers of great interest and beauty. Except in warm and 

 favoured situations, it is not very hardy, and should always 

 be grown as a wall plant. The fiery scarlet, orange-tinted 

 flowers, resembling somewhat those of the Honeysuckle, 

 are very beautiful by the first weeks of May. It grows to 

 about 6 feet in height in Southern England, and is, when 

 in full flower, a shrub of unusual beauty. Sandy peat. 



Empetrum (Empetraceae)* 



EMPETRUM NIGRUM and its variety E. nigrum rubrum 

 are of low, heath-like growth, the former with pinky and 

 the latter with brownish flowers. The species is a native 



