CHAP. V. ORNAMENTAL TREES, SHRUBS, ETC. 571 



cut away, therefore, all the weak branches of the former year, 

 and shorten others according to their strength." Propagated 

 from seed or by removal of suckers. 



2. P. nana THE DWARF DOUBLE-FLOWERED POMEGRA- 

 NATE. A pretty pot-shrub about a foot in height ; a great im- 

 provement upon the preceding, of which Mrs. Loudon says, 

 without doubt it is only a variety. There is said to be likewise 

 a double white variety, but this I have never met with in India. 



Myrtus. 



1. M. communis COMMON MYRTLE Bilaeiee Menhdee. 

 This old familiar and most agreeable shrub thrives well in all 

 parts of India, but better in the North- West, I think, than in 

 Bengal. In neither locality it attains to a very great size. It 

 bears its pretty small white flowers, succeeded by its blue-black 

 berries, in the Cold season. Propagated by layers. 



2. M. tomentosa. A handsome shrub, native of the Nilgher- 

 ries, bearing a profusion of pink blossoms somewhat resembling 

 those of the Peach. Mentioned in Dr. Voigt's catalogue, but, 

 possibly from the climate being unsuited to it, not existing now 

 in the Calcutta Botanical Gardens. 



Caryophyllus. 



C. aromaticus THE CLOVE Long. Native of the Moluccas, 

 where it grows to a rather large tree. Don says, " It is difficult 

 to transplant. Seeds are usually sown where trees are intended 

 to remain ; for if the roots are once injured, it is seldom they 

 recover." Dr. Voigt states that " in Bengal it can scarcely be 

 kept alive throughout the year." Plants, however, I have been 

 credibly informed, may be found in one or two gardens in Cal- 

 cutta as much as four feet high or more. 



Eugenia. 



1. Eu. Pimenta ALLSPICE. Grows to a tree of considerable 

 size ; but small shrubby plants are common in the Calcutta 

 gardens, and are very desirable for their ornamental bright 

 foliage, and for the fine fragrance of the bruised leaves. 



2. Eu. ugnea. An ornamental shrub with large fragrant 

 leaves. 



