CHAP. XI.IX- 



,1/YRTA CRJE. MELALEI 



957 



683 



June to September. In its native country, it is a tree growing to the height of from 20 ft. to 30ft. 

 There has been a stool of this species in the American ground of the Kensington Nursery,for upwards 

 of 10 years, which, though protected by mats during winter, shows the species to be tolerably hardy. 

 There are several other species described, but very few of them have yet been introduced. (See 

 Doti's 3//7/.,ii. p. 813.) 



Beavfdrtia decussMa R. Br. (Bot. Reg., 1. 18. ; Bot. Mag., 1. 1733. ; and our fig. 683.) is a native 

 of New Holland, introduced in 1800, and producing its scarlet flowers from May to July. It 

 attains, in green-houses, the height of 8ft. or 10ft., growing freely, and flowering abundantly 

 every year; and, doubtless, would be very suitable for a conservative wall. It, and all the species 

 of the preceding genus, and following genera, are of the easiest propagation and culture in sand 

 and peat. 



Calothdmnus villnsa R. Br. (Bot. Reg., t. 1099. ; and our fig. 684.) is a native of New Holland, 

 introduced in 1823, growing to the height of 4ft. or 5 ft., and producing its splendid scarlet flowers 

 from July to September. C. grdcills R. Br., C. quadrifida R. Br. Bot. Mag., t. 1506, and C. clavuta 

 Cunningn., from New Holland, are also in British gardens. The first is the most common. 



Melaleiica squamea Labill. (Bot. Reg., t. 477.) is a native of Van Diemen's Land, where it forms 

 a middle-sized tree, with lanceolate leaves, and lilac flowers. Introduced in 1805, and flowering in 

 June and July. 



M. iinear/fd/ia Smith Exot. Bot., t. 56. ; Metrosiddros Ayssopifulia Cav. ; the Tea Tree of New- 

 Holland ; and our fig. 685., representing a full-grown tree in the neighbourhood of Sydney, upwards 

 of 30ft. high ; is a native of New South Wales, and has green-coloured flowers, which are produced 

 in July and August. It has been in the country since 

 1793. 



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684 



M. pulchella R. Br., Bot. Cab., t. 200., is a native of 

 New Holland, on the south coast, with reddish flow- 

 ers, which are produced from June to September. It 

 was introduced in 1803, and grows to the height of 

 3ft. 



M. \\ypcricifolin Smith (Bot. Reg., t. 200. ; and our 

 fig. 687.) is a native of New South Wales, introduced 

 in 1792. Its flowers are of a splendid scarlet, and they 



are produced from June to August. 

 M. sqiitirnsn Smith Bot. Mag., t. 

 ish flowers. It is a native of Van Diemen's Land, 



nW/ Smith Bot. Mag., t. 1935., has yellow. 



where it grows to the height of 40ft. ; and was intro- 

 duced in 1794. 



There are above a dozen other species in British 

 gardens, all well deserving a place against a conservative wall. In Italy, some species of this genus- 

 nave attained the height of 30 ft or 40 ft., in a very few years. (See p. 168.) 



