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height is Osmanthus armatus with thick Holly-like 

 leaves from four to six inches long and from one to one 

 and a half inches broad and coarsely toothed. The 

 flowers are creamy-white and very fragrant and are 

 produced in the autumn. The spring-blooming 0. 

 Delavayi, with small leaves and pure white fragrant 

 flowers, is also worthy of the widest recognition. 

 Another useful evergreen shrub or small tree is 

 Sycopsis sinensis, a relative of the American Witch 

 Hazel, with inconspicuous flowers, twiggy branches, 

 and neat foliage. 



My Jasminum primulinum with its arching shoots, 

 dark green leaves, and large, clear yellow flowers 

 produced from the leaf-axils, needs no introduction 

 to the Pacific Slope, but the red-flowered J. Beesianum 

 deserves to be better known. This is a low-spreading 

 and even prostrate shrub with simple dull green 

 leaves, and is very suitable for planting on banks. 

 It is fond of sun, can withstand drought, and the 

 flowers though described as red vary to pink and even 

 to nearly white. 



Popularly known as Summer Lilac Buddleia Da- 

 vidii and its varieties have won widespread recog- 

 nition since I introduced them some fifteen years 

 ago and they have been frequently mentioned in 

 the Garden Magazine. For the Pacific Slope two 



