490 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



surface of its large laurel-like leaves contrasts very beautifully 

 with the dark, rich, glossy green of their upper surface, espe- 

 cially when set in motion by the wind. 



Sideroxylon. 



S. inerme. A small shrub of handsome foliage, in general 

 aspect very similar to a Pittosporum. 



Mimusops. 



M. Elengi Bcikul Mdlsuree. A large timber-tree much 

 cultivated in the gardens of the natives for its beauty, as well as 

 for the delightful fragrance diffused by the numberless small 

 pale-green flowers it bears in March. At the gardens of the Taj 

 at Agra several handsome trees may be seen, and also in the 

 enclosed gardens at the palace of Deeg. 



Jgj AQUIFOLIACE^E. 

 Ilex. 



1. I. Aquifolium THE COMMON HOLLY. Neither this nor 

 any other species of Holly seems to succeed at all satisfactorily 

 in the climate of this country, as most that have been intro- 

 duced have survived only a few seasons. The Acanthus ilici- 

 folius, however, bears so strong a resemblance to the Common 

 Holly that many have no doubt mistaken the one for the other. 



2. I. Paraguayensis. MAT PARAGUAY TEA. A specimen 

 of this famous plant is to be met with in the Gardens of the 

 Agri-Horticultural Society, where it is kept merely as an object 

 of curiosity; it is of no interest whatever in an ornamental 

 point of view. The idea of cultivating it in this climate for 

 any use to which it could be applied would be quite futile. 



APOCYNACE,E. 

 AUamanda. 



A genus of flowering shrubs of extreme beauty, mostly natives 

 of Brazil ; ornamental likewise for their foliage, with the leaves 

 borne in a succession of whorls along the stem. Several species 



