108 GREEN-HOUSE REPOTTING. [MARCH. 



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Myrtus, Myrtle, is a well known and popular shrub, 

 especially the common varieties ; and was a great fa- 

 vourite, (even to adoration,) among the ancients. It 

 was the mark of authority for Athenian rulers, and is 

 amongst the moderns an emblem of pre-eminence. 

 They are elegant evergreen shrubs, with an agreeable 

 odour. M. communis multiplex, double flowering, is a 

 very neat shrub, and flowers abundantly. M. corn- 

 munis leucocdrpa. White-fruited Myrtle, is quite unique, 

 when the berries are on it. M. itdlica variagdta, striped 

 leaved ; M. itdlica maculata, blotch leaved, are very fine 

 shrubs ; and M. tomentdsa, Chinese Myrtle, is a magnifi- 

 cent erect growing shrub, with a white down over the 

 foliage ; the flowers are the largest of the genus. When 

 they first expand, they are white, and afterwards change 

 to purple, so that there are beautiful flowers of several 

 shades of colour on the plant. We have not the small 

 est doubt but this species will become in many in- 

 stances as plentiful as the common myrtle. It is more 

 easily grown, but cannot stand much exposure to the 

 sun in summer. M. tenuifolia is a very fine plant, and 

 a native of New South Wales. Myrtles in general 

 should be sprinkled with water in the evenings, to keep 

 off mildew and red spider. 



Nandina domestic^ the only species, and a popular 

 shrub in the gardens of Japan, where it is called Nan- 

 din. It has supra-decompound leaves, with entire lan- 

 ceolate leaflets, a kind of foliage that is very rare ; the 

 flowers are small, whitish green, in panicles, succeeded 

 by berries of the size of a pea ; drain the pots well. 



(Oleander,) is a genus of beautiful erect 



