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unsuitable generally for our climate. In some instances, 

 however, it has done well, a specimen in the Knap Hill 

 Nursery, Surrey, being 30 feet high, and with a dense 

 rounded head. The flowers are very beautiful, being of 

 a waxy white, and produced abundantly. It wants a free 

 rich soil, and not too exposed site. 



Ozothamnus (Compositae), 



OZOTHAMNUS ROSMARiNiFOLius. Australia, 1827. A 

 pretty little Australian Composite, forming a dense, 

 twiggy shrub, with narrow, Rosemary-like leaves, and 

 small, whitish, Aster-like flowers which resemble those of 

 its near relative, the Olearia, and are produced so thickly 

 that the plant looks like a sheet of white when the blooms 

 are fully developed. It flowers in June and July. In 

 most parts of the country it will require protection, but 

 can be classed as fairly hardy. Cuttings root freely if 

 placed in sandy soil in a cool frame. 



Paeonia (Paeonieae), 



PJEONIA MOUTAN. Moutan Paeony, or Chinese Tree 

 Pseony. China and Japan, 1789. A beautiful shrubby 

 species introduced from China fully one hundred years 

 ago. The first of the kind introduced to England had 

 single flowers, and the plant is figured in Andrews' 

 Botanists 1 Repository (tab. 463) under the name of P. 

 papaveracea. The flowers are white with a dark-red 

 centre. In the Botanical Magazine (tab. 2175), the same 

 plant is figured under the name of P. Moutan var. 

 papaveracea. This is perfectly hardy in our gardens, 

 and is the parent of many beautiful and distinct 

 varieties, including double and single white, pink, crim- 

 son, purple, and striped. It grows slowly in good garden 

 soil. 



