deserving of general Cultivation. 



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would make a more beautiful covering for a 

 bower, or arcade of trellis-work, or a naked wall, 

 than E. floribunda or E. montevidensis. A 

 plant trained to a single stem till it had attained 

 the height of 10 ft. or 12 ft., and then allowed 

 to spread over a parasol of wire, would form a 

 singular and beautiful object. What adds much 

 to the charm of the two species last mentioned 

 is, that they form powerful attractions to bees ; 

 and bees, when seen busily at work, with their 

 cheerful hum, convey the itieas of active employ- 

 ment, industry, and happiness. 



^amamelis virginica Arb. Brit..^ p. 1007., is 

 one of the very few trees which, in the climate 

 of Britain, continue in flower throughout the 

 winter. The sexes are borne on different 

 plants ; and both are in the Twickenham Botanic Garden. 

 The female plant comes into blossom about a month later than 

 the male plant, and continues longer in flower. 

 Hence the advantage of having both sexes in the 

 same garden. There is a curious tree of this 

 species at Ham House, of which^^'. 15., taken 

 after it had lost most of its leaves, is drawn to 

 a scale of 1 in. to 12 ft. 



Mutism Arb. Brit., 1072. This is a very 

 singular and exceedingly interesting genus of 

 shrubby climbers, with leaves terminating in 

 tendrils, by the prehension of which the stems 

 are supported. The species introduced are 

 quite hardy when trained against a wall ; and 

 of M. latiftMia Arb. Brit., p. 1072., and our 

 Jig. 16., there are plants at 5s. each in the Clapton Nursery. 



^Rhododendron Arb. Brit., p. 1097. There are many new 

 varieties and hybrids belonging to this genus, which is now 

 considered as including Azalea. We refer to our Arboretum, 

 or to the nurserymen's catalogues, for a list of names. In the 

 warmest parts of Devonshire, the camellia and the hybrid tree 

 rhododendron would make beautiful garden hedges. 



Rlbes Arb. Brit., p. 968. We have described forty-three 

 species, and figured above thirty species, of this interesting 

 genus. Every one is aware of the beauty of i2. sanguineum, R. 

 speciosum, and i2. aureum: but the long bunches of flowers of the 

 JR. multiflorum Arb. Brit., p. 980., and onr fig. 17. ; and the value 

 of the fruit of R. niveum Arb. Brit., p. 970., and our^. 18. ; 

 are little known. R. niveum, which grows to the height of 

 7 ft. or 8 ft., was introduced from the north-west coast of North 

 America, by Douglas. The bush bears some similarity to 



