86 Select Plants for Industrial Culture and 



Buddlea Colvillei, J. Hooker and Thomson. 



Himalayan mountains, at elevations of 9,000 to 12,000 feet. One 

 of the hardiest of all species, attaining a height of 20 feet, but not 

 so quick of growth as some other kinds. Extremely handsome, 

 with its masses of dark crimson flowers [Gamble]. 



Buddlea globosa, Hope. 



Andes of Chili and Peru. Withstands the winter-cold of Arran- 

 Flowers fragrant. The author has in this as in very few other 

 instances broken through the rule, adopted for this work, not to 

 accept into it any plant of ornamental value alone; but on the present 

 species almost all the praise of B. Madagascariensis can also be 

 bestowed, and it is really useful likewise for screening unsightly fences 

 quickly, and also for other kinds of hedgings. A similar species from 

 the same geographic region is B. connaat (Ruiz and Pavon). 



Buddlea macrostachya, Bentham. 



Mountains of India, from 3,000 to 7,000 feet. Shrub with fra- 

 grant spikes of flowers with yellowish tube, bluish lobes and orange- 

 coloured orifice. Highly desirable for aesthetic culture with several 

 congeners. 



Buddlea Madagascariensis, Lamarck. 



Madagascar, Reunion, and Rodiguez. Of the numerous species 

 of Buddlea the most eligible one for shelter-copses, on account of 

 its great size and always tidy appearance, as well as vigor and 

 celerity of growth. It is ever-flowering, highly elegant, tolerant 

 to many kinds of soil, bears some frost, and like most congeners is 

 easily propagated from cuttings in the open air. It requires hardly 

 any care in mild climes. First used for large hedges by the writer 

 of this work. Much frequented by bees. 



Buddlea paniculata, Wallich. (B. crispa, Bentham.) 



Himalayan mountains, at altitudes between 4,000 and 7,300 feet, 



; , extending to Ava, Cabool and Beloochistan. Attaining the size of 

 a small tree, resisting English winters unharmed, merely protected 

 by a wall ; flowering there already from the beginning of February 

 till May, scenting the atmosphere around with fragrance [Sir Will. 

 Hooker]. The trusses of flowers resemble those of the Lilac in 

 shape and colour. 



Bursera elemifera, J. Hooker. 



Mexico, up to the temperate plateau, This tree furnishes the 

 Mexican Copal or Elemi. 



Butea frondosa, J. Koenig and Roxburgh. 



The " Dhak or Pulas " of India. This magnificient tree extends 

 to the Himalayan mountains, ascending to elevations of 4,000 feet, 



