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ESCALLONIA 



ing short, rigid, leafy twigs, the lower flowers solitary in the axils of small 

 leaves. -Petals white, in. long, spreading at the ends, but erect at the base, 

 and so close together as to form a tube ; calyx quite smooth, top-shaped. 

 Flowers fragrant, appearing from June to August. 



Native of Patagonia ; introduced for Messrs Veitch by Wm. Lobb, in 

 1847. It requires a wall in the London district, but in the south and west 

 counties it thrives excellently as a bush in the open. In the garden of 

 Mrs Chambers, near Haslemere I have seen it covered with blossom. In 

 Co. Wicklow, Ireland, it is 15 ft. high. 



E. PULVERULENTA, Persoon. 

 (Sweet's Flower Garden, ii., t. 310.) 



An evergreen shrub, 10 to 12 ft. high, with downy, viscid, varnished 

 branchlets. Leaves very viscid, oblong, with a rounded end and tapering 



ESCALLONIA PHILIPPIANA. 



base ; 2 to 4 ins. long, f to i^ ins. wide ; finely toothed, bristly hairy on both 

 surfaces, the upper one with a varnished appearance. Flowers white, densely 

 crowded on slender, cylindrical racemes 4 to 9 ins. long, f to I in. through ; 

 sometimes branched at the base. 



Native of Chile ; introduced early in the nineteenth century, but now 

 uncommono It is not hardy in any but our warmest districts, although in 

 colder ones it may live and thrive for many years on a wall. From all the 

 other white-flowered Escallonias in cultivation this is readily distinguished 

 by its long slender racemes. (E. revoluta is sometimes grown in gardens 

 under the name, but is well distinguished by its thick grey down.) 



E. PUNCTATA, De Candolle. 



(E. rubra var. punctata, Hooker fiL ; Bot. Mag., t. 6599.) 



An evergreen bushy shrub, 6 to 10 ft. high, of free, vigorous habit ; young 

 branchlets sticky, clothed with down and gland-tipped bristles. Leaves obovate 



