SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CflAP. 



Propagated by cuttings or by seed sown in open earth, in 

 drills or otherwie, but covered two inches thick. It 

 likes a light soil, and a rather shady situation. A very 

 nice plant for the front part of shrubberies. 



374. MYRTLE, common. Lat. Myrtus communis. Fr. 

 Myrte cotnmun. A shrub originally from Asia, Africa, 

 Italy, and the south of France. Blows a white flower 

 during the summer, and the fruit ripens in the autumn. 

 It will grow five or six feet high in pots or against walls, 

 but if not well protected, will not outlive the winter ; 

 and it requires a good aspect to make it blossom. It 

 likes a good loamy soil, and I have had it blossom 

 abundantly in such, and in a south-western aspect, in 

 Hampshire. Propagate it by cuttings of young wood 

 placed under a hand-glass, or by layers, 



375. OLEASTER, narrow leaved. Lat. Elecegnus an- 

 gustifolia. Fr. Chalef ci feuilles etroites. A hardy tree of 

 Provence, about thirty feet high, and bears a yellow 

 blossom in June and July. Its foliage produces an 

 agreeable effect in parks and large gardens, for which 

 only it is proper. Propagated by layers or by cuttings, 

 but the cuttings require sheltering in the winter. Any 

 soil suits it, but it likes best a light, sandy, and rather 

 warm soil. 



376. OLIVE-TREE. Lat. Oka Europ<ea.Fr. Olivier 

 commun. A green-house shrub from the south of Europe. 

 Blows a white fragrant flower in May. Propagated by 

 parting the roots, by suckers, and by cuttings. They 

 are often grafted on the common privet. 



