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weather, pure white, delightfully fragrant flowers. Dr. Koxburgh 

 remarks, " a charming shrub." Propagated by division. 



2. A. racemosus. A very thorny, shrubby climbing plant, 

 very beautiful for its foliage alone, which from a distance has 

 somewhat the appearance of a Juniper ; produces in November 

 an unbounded profusion of minute white flowers, which perfume 

 the air to a considerable distance around. 



3. A, ascendens. An erect-growing plant ; blossoms in No- 

 vember, when it is most exquisitely beautiful, with its ' graceful 

 sprays of minute flowers, resembling delicate plumes of silver. 



Cordyline (syn. Dracaena). 



1. C. ferrea. A moderate-sized shrub with long, lanceolate, 

 dark-green leaves, with crimson edges, cultivated in most gardens 

 for the highly ornamental character of its foliage ; bears large 

 compact bunches of very numerous, small, rose-coloured, very 

 pretty flowers. Propagated by division. 



2. C, terminalis SANDWICH ISLAND TEE-PLANT. A shrub of 

 the same size as the last ; ornamental for its foliage, which is 

 principally terminal upon the stems, of a rich, light, most 

 refreshingly verdant green ; bears in March feather-like sprays 

 of numerous small pure white flowers. Propagated by division. 



3. C. reflexa. A shrub of somewhat smaller size than the 

 last, and with smaller leaves, of the same form and of a most 

 agreeable green ; bears in the Hot season yellowish-green, sweet- 

 scented flowers. 



4. C, ensifolia, A very handsome and common shrub in gar- 

 dens about Calcutta ; five or six feet high ; bearing on the 

 summits of its stems crowded whorls of noble strap-formed 

 leaves, of a rich refreshing green, two feet long and four or five 

 inches broad ; from the centre of which spring out, in February, 

 sprays of dense spikes of small white flowers. 



Dracaena. 



D, australis, In aspect altogether unlike any of the preceding, 

 and resembling somewhat a small Palm; has an erect stem, 

 naked to the summit, upon which its long lanceolate sharp- 

 pointed leaves are borne. A very handsome plant. Propagated 

 by removal of the suckers it throws up. Some two dozen 



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