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tinted with pink. K. myrtifolia is similar in character, 

 but has flowers of a deeper colour. K. glauca is a lovely 

 little plant, rarely exceeding I or ij feet in height, covering 

 its branches with pale red flowers in April and May. All 

 these require peat or light loam. 



Ligustrum lucidum (the Chinese Privet). Height, 12 

 feet. A very handsome evergreen, but scarcely hardy 

 enough for the climate of London except in dryish soils 

 and sheltered situations. 



Magnolia grandiflora exoniensis. Height, 30 feet. One 

 of the grandest of flowering evergreens, most suitable for 

 training against mansions and dwelling-houses, where in 

 time it will rise to the height of 30 or 40 feet. The large 

 oval flowers are white, very fragrant. Thrives best in sandy 

 loam or peat. 



Rhododendron. Of all flowering evergreens the Rhodo- 

 dendrons are pre-eminent. They require peat or turfy 

 loam, natural or artificial. The garden varieties are so 

 hybridised that I shall not attempt to bring them under 

 any one species, but simply give a list of names and 

 colours of a few of the best. R. arboreum, catawbiense, 

 maximum, and ponticum, are the species from which our 

 best garden varieties have descended. White, variously 

 spotted with black or brown, or shaded : Album elegans, 

 Chianoides, Gulnare, Ingramii, Madame Miolan Carvalho, 

 Minnie, Mr Otto Forster, Mrs Mangles, Papilionaceum, 

 Zuleika. Lilac: Fastuosum, maculatum superbum, Sher- 

 woodianum. Pinkish White : Star of England. White or 

 blush edged with rose: Bylsianum, concessum, Comtesse 

 de Morella, Limbatum, The Gem. Peach colour : 

 Standish's Perfection. Rose and cerise: Blandyanum 

 superbum, Etoile de Flandres, Lady E. Cathcart, Madame 

 Titiens, Mrs John Waterer, Paxtonii. Crimson of various 

 shades: Blandyanum, Fleur de Marie, Atrosanguineum, 

 Barclayanum, Grand Arab, lago, John Waterer, Robert 

 Burns. Purplish crimson and lake: Brayanum, General 

 Wilson, Neilsonii. Blood colour: Brebnerii. Purplish 



