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length of 12 or 15 feet over a lattice or bower, and in winter 

 ean he taken down and formed in a coil, and he coverer) by 

 a common frame or box, with the earth raised around it, 

 which I have found sufficient protection for it during the 

 winter months. Indeed, this is by far the preferable mode 

 of treating it ; as in a pot it is stinted in its growth, whereas 

 in the open ground it attains to a full development. There 

 is a single and a double variety, the latter of which is far the 

 most beautiful. 



Broad Leaved Candy-tuft, Iberia semfierflorens, a native 

 of Sicily ; flowering in white umbels all the year. 



/. gibraltarica, Gibraltar Candy-tuft, a native of Spain ; 

 flowering in May and June. 



These are ornamental little evergreen shrubs, and ad- 

 mired for their delicate tufts of white flowers, which are pro- 

 duced on the first sort throughout the winter in the Green- 

 house. They thrive in a light soil, and are readily increased 

 by cuttings in the same soil ur-der a hand-glass. 



Pittosfiorum coriaceum, Thick Leaved Pittosfiorum, a 

 native of Madeira, flowering in May ; the flowers are white. 



P. "viridi/torum, Green Flowered Pittosfiorum.) a native of 

 the Cape oi Good Hope; fl -iwers in May and June. 



P. tobira, Glossy Leaved Pittosfiorum, a native of China, 

 a hardy Green-house plant; flowers from March to August, 



P. undulatum, Wave Leaved Pittosfiorum, from New- 

 South-Wales; flowers from February to June. 



P revolutum, Doivny Leaved Pittosfiorum, from New- 

 South-Wales; flnwers from February to April. 



All these are hardy evergreen Green-house shrubs of plea- 

 sant fragrance, and easiiy cultivated in sandy loam. They 

 are increased by laying or grafting on each other, or by cut- 

 ings of young wood planted in sand, and covered with a 

 bell-glass. 



Chinese St. John's Wort, Hyfitricum monoffvnum, a beau- 

 tiful little shrub, producing its large yellow fl ,wers through 

 most of the winter and summer. It is easily increased by 

 dividing the roots. 



Corra-a alba^ White Flowering Corraa, a native of New- 

 South- Wales ; fl .iwersfrom April to June. 



C. wrens, Green Flowered Corrcea, from New-South- 

 Wales; flowering from November to May. 



These are handsome and very hardy plants. They grow 

 in loamy soil, and are increased readily by seeds or cuttings. 



Phylica ericoides, Heath Leaved Phytica^ a small heath- 



