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height ot about 1*2 ft. In July it produces its white 

 Mowers, which liavc an edge and tube tinged with red. 



.I'jiliii /('(/i / <>/ta is an evergreen about C ft. high, 

 with large white flowers in March ; according to London 

 it flowered magnificently as a hedge in Cornwall, quite 

 unprotected. 



. / -jilca nioHis is to be found in all kinds of colours 

 from pale yellow to deep scarlet, most deliciously sweet 

 and a beautiful sight in April, if they are protected from 

 the late frosts. 



. /:<7/<y/ ponttca (common Azalea) is the sweetest 

 and most effective of all, about 6 ft. high, with flowers 

 in May of all shades of yellow and red. The best 

 variety is known as A. atta-clerense. 



Azalea risco.s-a flowers last of all, in July. It is 

 about 3 ft. high, and its small pinkish white flowers are 

 deliciously sweet. 



Benthamia fragifera^ 



As an evergreen wall shrub, is lovely, and, if 

 planted in rather moist loam, its large white flowers 

 continue to bloom from June to October. In Corn- 

 wall it will grow in the open, if well sheltered, and 

 there reach a height of 20 ft., though as a rule it does 

 not exceed 15 ft. Ripe seeds sown in a cool house, 

 or shoots layered in the Autumn, will provide one with 

 new plants. 



