HORTUS VEITCHII 



ESCALLONIA MONTANA, Philippi. 



Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 947. 



This plant introduced from the mountains of Valdivia through Eichard 

 Pearce, first flowered in 1873. 



The species closely allied to Escallonia rubra, has reddish blossoms and 

 is not quite hardy, except in favoured localities. 



ESCALLONIA OEGANENSIS, Gardn. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4274. 



This species first detected by Gardner, William Lobb sent seed about 

 the same time from the Organ Mountains to Exeter, from which plants 

 raised flowered during the summer of 1846. 



The blooms of a deep rose colour, the midrib and margins of the leaves 

 tinted red. 



ESCALLONIA PHILIPPIANA, Mast. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 947 ; id. 1878, vol. x. p. 109, fig. ; Bean in Gard. Chron. 



1893, vol. xiv. p. 60. 



This, one of the most distinct and the hardiest of all Escallonias in 

 cultivation, was introduced from Valdivia through Eichard Pearce, and 

 first flowered in July 1873. 



The pure white flowers, in dense profusion during the summer months, 

 give the plant the appearance of some of the Spiraeas. 



It is further interesting as one of the parents of E. x langleyensis, 

 a really valuable cross. 



ESCALLONIA PTEEOCLADON, Hook. 



Gard. Chron. 1855, p. 36, with fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 4827. 



A small hardy shrub, with leaves like a small-leaved myrtle, and 

 pretty Epacris-like flowers, white tinged with red, which grows to a 

 height of some 4 to 5 ft. ; an abundant, fragrant bloomer. 



The specific name is in allusion to the wings which clothe the young 

 stems, but which in a measure peel off and disappear as the plant 

 ages. 



It is a native of Western Patagonia, first detected by William Lobb, 

 who sent plants to Exeter which flowered in July 1854, on which occasion 

 it was exhibited at one of the Horticultural Society's exhibitions held at 

 Chiswick. 



EUCEYPHIA COEDIFOLIA, Cav. 



Nicholson in Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. xxii. pp. 246, 247, fig. 



This species flowered, probably for the first time in Europe, at Coombe 



398 



