HORTUS VEITCHII 



OLEARIA HAASTII, Hook. f. 



Masters iii Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 1195, fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6592; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 

 1874, p. 12, fig. ; Gard. Chron. 1896, vol. xx. p. 532, fig. 



Raised from seed sent by a correspondent from New Zealand to Exeter 

 in 1858, Olearia Haastii, popularly recognized as the " Daisy Bush," is 

 now well known, and a favourite subject for planting. 



Perfectly hardy, it withstands the dry atmosphere and heat of summer 

 with impunity, and produces in profusion white daisy-like flowers during 

 the months of August and September. 



OLEARIA MACRODONTA, Baker. 



Syns. 0. dentata, Hook. f. ; Eurybia dentata, Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 7065. 



A hardy shrub from New Zealand, with evergreen holly-like leaves and 

 numerous small daisy-like flowers, in broad corymbs terminating each 

 branchlet. 



Originally described by Sir Joseph Hooker in his flora of New Zealand 

 as Eurybia dentata, this plant, in his later work, became united to Olearia, 

 the specific name retained. This having, however, been already given to 

 an Australian species, Mr. Baker changed it to O. macrodonta. 



A handsome shrub, especially in the south and west of England, and in 

 July has many large corymbs of white flower. 



OSMANTHUS AQUIFOLIUM, Siebold, var. ILICIFOLIA, Dippel. 



Syns. Olea ilicifolia, Haask. 

 Gard. Chron. 1858, p. 419 (advt.). 



A native of China and Japan, introduced from the latter country through 

 Thomas Lobb in 1856, a holly-like evergreen shrub with clusters of 

 white flower in the axils of the leaves. 



PERNETTYA CILIARIS, Don, 



Syiis. Gaultheria ciliaris, Cham. & Schlecht. 

 Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. x. p. 89, fig. 12; Jour. Hort. Soc. London, vol. vi. p. 268. 



A pretty evergreen, producing in the early spring months racemes of 

 lily-of-the-valley-like flowers in dense profusion. 



A native of Mexico whence it was introduced, now almost certainly lost 

 to cultivation. 



PHILESIA BUXIFOLIA, Lcm. 



Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xviii. p. 105, fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 4738; The Florist, 1854, u.s. 

 vol.iv.pl. 85; Fl. des Serres, torn. ix. p. 41 ; The Garden, 1883, vol. xxiii. p. 380, 

 col. pi. 



A very curious plant, a native of Valdivia, with flowers similar in shape 



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