2 6 Dwelling-houses. 



at Dunganstown, near Wicklow, I looked for a bush 

 of T. viridis, which for years was known there in the 

 nursery garden of the late Mr. Hodgens, but it had 

 disappeared, with almost all his ornamental shrubs 

 and trees, of which scarcely a vestige remains. I 

 may again mention an experiment which Mr. Andrt' 

 Leroy is making in his garden at Anjou with Thea 

 viridis, of which he has some hundreds grafted 011 

 camellias. 



Perhaps for readers fond of what is called 

 scented tea, I may elsewhere name a few of the 

 plants which are used in China for the purpose. 



Not many years ago, Lapageria rosea called after 

 the Empress Josephine, whose maiden name was 

 Hose de Lapagerie was a stranger in this country ; 

 now it is everywhere admired as a lovely climber for 

 the cold conservatory, and it has here ripened abun- 

 dance of seed. We have three varieties, of which two 

 are red, and the flowers of one are much larger than 

 those of either of the others : the third is white, and 

 scarcer than the others. They are natives of a cool 

 climate in Chiloe ; and specimens have been planted 

 out in different places in England and Ireland, where 

 it is hoped they will thrive, having already flowered 

 well outside houses, with the roots growing within. 

 Remarkable power of enduring coal and other smoke 

 has been shown in the neighbourhood of copper- 

 smelting furnaces in the south-western extremity of 

 South America. 



Berberidopsis coralttna, from the forests of Yal- 



