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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



Spec. Char., <$c. Leaves obovate, glabrous and glossy 

 above, and hirsutely villous beneath. Flowers in 

 terminal groups. Calyx externally silkily villous; 

 its lobes ovate, obtuse. (/n/r.v/nVw, quoted in Bot. 

 Reg., t. 822.) A low shrub, with pretty pinkish 

 blossoms. Found abundantly on low hills, andon 

 the banks of rivers, in the south of Italy, where it 

 grows to the height of 3 ft., and flowers from Janu- 

 ary to June. It was first discovered by Tournefort in 

 the Isle of Candia (the ancient Crete) ; and after- 

 wards by Sir J. E. Smith in the kingdom of Naples, in 

 1787. "it was introduced in 1752, and is frequent in 

 collections. It well deserves a place in every daph- 

 netum. Grafted plants, grown in a border sheltered 

 from the north by a wall, thrive well ; and form thick 

 bushes, with nearly level heads, covered with flowers. 

 The branches always take an upright direction, and 

 are tipped with groups of pale pink blossoms, which 

 are extremely fragrant, and expand very early in the 

 spring. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 

 1*. Qd. each. 



*11. D. (c.) NEAPOLITAN A Lodd. The Neapolitan Daphne. 



Identification. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t. 719. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Synonyme. D. collina /3 neapolitana Lindl. in Bot. Reg., t. 822. 

 Engravings. Lodd. Bot. Cab., t 719. ; Bot Reg., t. 822. ; and our fig. 1188. 



Spec. Char. y $c. " This pretty plant is surely a mere variety of D. collina, 

 from which it differs, as far as we can observe, after comparing the living 

 plants, chiefly in the want of pubescence on the under sur- 

 face of the leaves. Like many other plants with which the 

 catalogues and floras of the present day are augmented, it is 

 a sport of nature, which the ingenious acuteness of mo- 

 dern botanists have brought into notice; but which, if 

 unmolested upon its native hills, would quickly have passed 

 away into the type from which it sprang." (Lindley in Sot. 

 Reg., t. 822.) In cultivation in British gardens since 1822. 

 2s. 6d. each. 



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 Price of plants 



* 12. D. (c.) OLEoYDES L. The Olive-like Daphne. 



Identification. Lin. Mant, 66. ; Schreb. Dec., 13. t. 7.; Willd. Sp. PI., 2. p. 423.; 



Reich., 2. p. 194. ; Sims in Bot. Mag., t. 1917. ; Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836. 

 Synonymes. Chamaedaphnoldes cretica Alpin. Exot., 44. t. 43. ; Thymelas'a 



cretica oleae folio utriusque glabro Tourn. Cor., 41. ; Daphne jalicifblia Lam. 



Encycl., 3. p. 423. ; Laureole a Feuilles d'Olivier, Fr. ; Oelbaumblattriger 



Seidelbast, Ger. 

 Engravings. Alpin. Exot, t. 43. ; Schreb. Dec., 13. t 7. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1917. ; 



Bot Cab., t 299. ; and our fig. 1189. 



Spec. Char.y fyc. Leaves obovate-lanceolate, terminated with 

 a minute mucro, glabrous upon both sides. Flowers ter- 

 minal, sessile, a few together, and surrounded by leaves, 

 that in some measure involucrate them. (Bot. Mag.> t. 

 1917.) A native of Crete, where it grows to the height of 

 2 ft., and produces its flowers during the greater part of 

 the year. It is less showy in its flowers than D. collina, but 

 is deserving of cultivation from its nearly glossy and pointed 

 leaves, and neat habit of growth. It was introduced in 1815. 

 Price of plants, in the London nurseries, Is. Gd. each. 



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* 13. D. (c.) SERI'CEA Vahl. The silky-leaved Daphne. 



Identification. Vahl Symb., 1. p. 28. ; Willd. Sp. PL, 2. p. 423. 

 Kymmymes. TTiymela^a erotica oleae folio subtus villoso Tourn 

 Encycl., 3. p. 424. ; Seidenartiger Seidelbast, Ger. 



Cor., 41. ; Daphne oleaefblia Lam. 



