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and temperate houses, several Myrtles ^ and Metrosideros,^ the 

 Guyavas, Tristania and Eucalyptus ; ^ then a series of charming 

 Australian plants, with foliage generally persistent, often ericoid, 

 such as Darwinia,^ Verticordiaj^ Galythrix^ Thnjptomene, Bceckea, 

 Leptospermum, Kunsea, GalUstemon^ Melaleuca^ Beaufortia, Back- 

 housiaj Calotliamnus, Begelia, They were highly prized at the 

 beginning of the century and cultivated in considerable number, as 

 they are still in England, Germany, and Holland : the greater part 

 are very suitable for the decoration of winter gardens ; but many are 

 difficult to preserve. Eucalyptus, which, in our conservatories, 

 attains but little development, ornaments gardens and promenades in 

 the south. 



1 Bot. Mag. t. 250, 4558, 4809, etc. Serves, xxi. 69. 



" Ibid. t. 260, 4471, 4488, 4515. -» Bot. Mag. t. 4858, 4860, 5468. 



3 Ibid. t. 4333, 4637. — V. Houtt. Fl. des ^ Ibid. t. 5286. 



