HORTUS VEITCHII 



7 in. long by 2 in. broad, green on the upper surface, glaucous 

 beneath. 



The edges wither and turn white in autumn, the plant assuming a 

 half -dead appearance during the winter months. The thick new foliage 

 of the spring is robust, and for ousting weeds and noxious rubbish this 

 Bamboo is very valuable. 



AZARA MICROPHYLLA, Hook. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1874, vol. i. p. 81, fig. ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1874, p. 3, fig. 



A neat evergreen shrub, a native of Valdivia, introduced through 

 Richard Pearce. 



From the distichous arrangement of the shoots, the branches spread in 

 one plane ; the small, dark, shining green leaves in pairs, one of each pair 

 darker than the other and slightly different in form. 



The flowers small, inconspicuous, numerous, with a vanilla-like fragrance, 

 are succeeded by bright red ornamental fruit. 



In the West of England Azara microphylla forms a small tree 20 to 30 ft. 

 high, with neat shining evergreen foliage. 



BALBISIA VERTICILLATA, Cav. 



Syns. Cruckshanksia cistiflora, Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6170. 



Balbisia verticillata is a half-hardy evergreen shrub, with yellow flowers 

 resembling a Cistus or an ,ZEnothera, introduced to this country for the 

 first time by the Horticultural Society in 1825, and subsequently lost ; it 

 was later sent to the Veitchian house, and flowered in September 1875. 



Like other plants that love a cool, dry atmosphere, B. verticillata, 

 difficult to cultivate, is liable to damp in a long wet winter. 



It has a wide range in Chili and Peru, and is known to the natives of 

 the country as the Flore de San Jose. 



BERBERIDOPSIS CORALLINA, Hook. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5343. 



This charming evergreen shrub, a native of the Valdivian forests, 

 introduced to this country through Pearce, is not only a beautiful plant, 

 but botanically one of the most interesting, as it connects the two 

 natural orders Berberidese and Lardizabalse united by Bentham and 

 Hooker in the Genera Plantarum previous to its discovery a link which 

 proved the theory correct. 



It is not a little remarkable that such a striking plant should have 

 remained so long unknown. 



The deep coral-red flowers, from which the plant takes its name, are 



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