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planting they are valuable. Being unusually bright of 

 foliage they are of great service in planting for shrubbery 

 embellishment, which they light up in a very conspicuous 

 manner during the dull winter months. They get shabby 

 and meagre foliaged if exposed to cold winds. 



Phlomis (Labiatae)* 



PHLOMIS FRUTICOSA. Jerusalem Sage. Mediterranean 

 region, 1596. This is a neat-growing, shrubby plant, 

 with ovate acute leaves that are covered with a yellowish 

 down. From the axils of the upper leaves the whorls 

 of showy yellow flowers are freely produced during the 

 summer months. It is valued for its neat growth, and as 

 growing on dry soils where few other plants could eke 

 out an existence. 



Photinia (Rosaceae), 



PHOTINIA ARBUTIFOLIA (syns Crat&gus arbutifolia and 

 Mespilus arbutifolia). Arbutus-leaved Photinia, or Cali- 

 fornian May-bush. California, 1796. This is a very 

 distinct shrub, with bright-red bark on the young wood, 

 and leaves resembling those of the Strawberry Tree 

 (Arbutus), the white flowers being in an elongated 

 panicle. 



P. BENTHAMIATJA is only worthy of culture for its neat 

 habit and freedom of growth when suitably placed. 



P. JAPONIC A (syn Eriobotrya japonica). Loquat, Japan 

 Medlar, or Japan Quince. Japan, 1787. This is chiefly 

 remarkable for its handsome foliage, the leaves being 

 oblong in shape and downy on the undersides. The 

 white flowers are of no great beauty, but being pro- 

 duced at the beginning of winter, and when flowers are 

 scarce, are all the more welcome, while the orange-red 

 fruit is about the size of a small apple. It requires 



