COMPOSITE 



The Olearias may be propagated by cuttings of firm shoots in sandy soil 

 under handhght in a warm sheltered spot or cold frame, September — October ; 

 layers in autumn. 



Flowers white, in a lax or dense, sub-terminal, corymbose, hoary cyme 

 of capitula ; cymes 1^-3 ins. diam. ; pedicels short, hoary ; peduncles hoary, 

 longer than leaves, involucre campanulate ; Ray florets 4-5 ; Fruit a cypsela. 



Leaves alternate, crowded, elliptic or ovate-oblong, obtuse or sub-acute, 

 entire, wrinkled, coriaceous, dull green above, white beneath, |-1^ in. long. 



An evergreen shrub, 5 ft. ; Branches woody, thick ; branchlets hoary. 



Native of New Zealand ; introduced 1858. 



NEW ZEALAND DAISY-TREE, Olearia macrodonta. 



Gardens. July. August. This is one of the most handsome of all shrubs, 

 happiest in the Southern counties, especially when against a south or west 

 wall. It makes a good hedge plant. 



Floivers white, Daisy-like, 1^ in. diam. ; Capitula in large terminal hemi- 

 spherical corymbs; Fruit a cypsela. 



Leaves alternate, very variable, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-ovate, or cordate- 

 ovate, obtuse, crenate or coarsely toothed, undulate. Holly-like, 1+-2 ins. 

 long, silvery-green above, almost white beneath, smelling faintly of Musk. 



An evergreen shrub, 3-5 ft. ; or small t7-ee, 20 ft. ; flat -topped ; Branches 

 stout. 



Native of New Zealand ; introduced 1886. Syn. O. dentata. 



TASMANIAN DAISY-BUSH, Olearia stelhlata. 



Gardens. Best when sheltered by wall. .lune — September. 



Floivers white, J-1 in. diam. ; Ray floj'ets about 12, in a capituhim, borne in 



great profusion ; involucral bracts scabrous, persistent, forming a silvery star J in. 



diam. ; Fruit a cypsela, with pappus. 



Leaves alternate, oblanceolate, obtuse, coarsely toothed, upper side dark green 



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