262 GREEN-HOUSEREPOTTING PLANTS, &c. [MAY. 



imbricated as if with a coat of mail, and are imperish- 

 able. A. imbricata, Chile Pine, is one of the grandest of 

 trees, and is the hardiest of the genus ; the leaves are 

 also closely imbricated. The other two species are 

 rarely seen even in European collections. The foliage 

 of either of the species will adhere to the wood many 

 years after the plant is dead. They are all highly valued, 

 the pots must be well drained; for if the plants get much 

 water while dormant, the foliage becomes yellow, and 

 never attains its beautiful green colour again ; other- 

 wise they are easily grown. 



Chamcerops. There are about seven species of these 

 palms : four of them belong to this department, and are 

 the finest of those that will keep in the Green-house. 

 They all have large palmated fronds, and require large 

 pots or tubs to make them grow freely, and are tena- 

 cious of life if kept from frost. 



Gardenia. This is an esteemed genus of plants, espe- 

 cially for the double flowering varieties,which are highly 

 odoriferous, and have an evergreen shining foliage. G. 

 flbrida fibre-plena. Cape Jasmine, is a plant universally 

 known in our collections, and trees of it are frequently 

 seen above seven feet high and five feet in diameter, 

 blooming from June to October. G. rddicans, dwarf 

 Cape Jasmine, G. longifblia, and G. latifblia, are also in 

 several collections, but not so generally known; the 

 flowers are double, and all equally fragrant. We are 

 inclined to think they are only varieties of G. flbrida. 

 Any of the above will keep in the coldest part of the 

 Green-house, and even under the stage is a good situa- 

 tion for them, where the house is otherwise crowded 



