TREES AND SHRUBS EVERGREEN 



MYBTUS CHEKEN, Spreng. 



Syns. Eugenia Cheken, DC. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5644. 



A pretty evergreen Chilian plant introduced from Chili through 

 William Lobb, suitable for walls in the southern and western parts of 

 England, with pure white flowers plentifully produced during the 

 summer months. 



MYETUS LUMA, Barn. 

 Syns. Eugenia Luma, Berg. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5040. 



A charming evergreen, quite equal in beauty to the common myrtle, 

 a native of the colder parts of Chili from Concepcion to the island of 

 Chiloe and Valdivia, sent to this country through William Lobb. 



Blossoming in the summer months, the branches literally loaded with 

 white flowers, almost concealing the foliage. 



MYETUS UGNI, Molina. 



Syns. Eugenia Ugni, Hook. & Arn. 



Gard. Chron. 1857, p. 267 (Note on the fruit) ; Bot. Mag. t. 4626 ; Fl. des Serres, 



torn. vii. p. 215. 



A half-hardy evergreen shrub, the " Myrtilla " of the Chilians, allied to 

 the common myrtle, and requiring the protection of a wall for successful 

 cultivation out-of-doors, except in most favoured localities. 



It is a native of Chili, wild on the hills near Valparaiso, introduced to 

 this country through William Lobb. 



The fruit a jet black, delicate juicy berry, large as a black currant, of 

 an agreeable flavour and aroma, is cultivated in the private gardens of 

 Valparaiso as a dessert. Hopes entertained, but not fulfilled, that it 

 might be a useful addition to English hardy fruit, led to trials being made, 

 C. Wentworth Dilke Esq. offering prizes for competition at the Grand 

 Autumn Fruit Show of the London Horticultural Society in 1857. 



NOTOSPAETIUM CAEMICH^ILLE, Hook.j. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6741 ; Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xx. p. 169, fig. 26; Veitchs' Catlg. of Trees 



and Shrubs, 1883, p. 20. 



Known to the inhabitants of New Zealand as the "Pink Broom," 

 and introduced through P. C. M. Veitch. 



In its native habitat a large shrub or small tree with green rush-like 

 branches devoid of leaves, on which small clusters of rosy pink pea-shaped 

 flowers are produced during the summer months. 



Endemic to the archipelago, but chiefly confined to the Middle Island. 



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