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niate petals make such an effect in our greenhouses. Their fruits are 

 also remarkable for an azure tint, or an almost metallic lustre. 



In our orangeries and greenhouses, Sparmannia, and several species 

 of Grewia and Entelea arborescens, are cultivated for their white flowers 

 and spinose fruits. The Luheas are also cultivated, but rarely bloom. 

 Aristotelia Maqui supports in the open air the climate of the south 

 and west of France. The Limes are valued more than any 

 other genus of this family for planting in parks, on promenades 

 and by-roads, for the beauty of their foliage, the grace of their form 

 and the fragrant odour of their flowers. 



