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variety have long formed one of the most familiar objects in 

 cultivation ; but the scarlet berries are still comparatively rare, 

 in consequence of the absence until recently of male plants. 

 The normal green-leaved form has also been introduced ; and 

 there are already nearly a score of different varieties offered 

 by nurserymen, differing in the form or variegation of the leaf. 

 The following are some of the new varieties. Male varieties : 

 picta, blcolor, sulphured, and ovata, with variegated foliage ; 

 and vera and grdndis, with green foliage. Female varieties : 

 sulphurea, aurea margindta, and latimaculata, with varie- 

 gated leaves ; and longifolia, luteocdrpa, vera, and angusti- 

 ) with green leaves. 



3. GARRYA. 



Evergreen shrubs with opposite leaves and dioecious flowers 

 in catkins. Petals none. Calyx-lobes and stamens 4. Berry 

 1 -celled, 1- or 2-seeded. There are eight species known, one 

 West Indian, and the remainder from California and Mexico. 

 Named after Mr. Garry, of the Hudson's Bay Company. 



1. G. elliptica. A handsome shrub with dark green 

 coriaceous leaves, and catkins of yellowish flowers in clusters 

 near the tips of the branches. The male plant only is in culti- 

 vation, in which the catkins are pendulous, silky, and furnished 

 with connate bracts. The flowers are produced from November 

 till February. A native of California. 



Griselinia littordlis and G. lucida, are allied dioecious 

 tender shrubs or small trees from New Zealand, with handsome 

 coriaceous glossy oblique alternate persistent leaves; the 

 former being indistinctly and the latter prominently veined 

 beneath. 



The genus Nyssa comprises about half-a-dozen arborescent 

 species, with polygamous small capitate flowers, 1 -celled 

 1 -seeded drupes, and simple alternate deciduous leaves. One 

 or two of the North American species are met with here and 

 there, but they are very rare. N. multiflora, syn. N. aqudtica, 

 villosa, etc., and N. uniftora, syn. N. denticulata, tomentosa, 

 etc., are the principal species. They are both handsome trees. 

 The female flowers are solitary in the latter, and the fruit 

 oblong and blue, whereas in the former the female flowers are 

 clustered and the fruit ovoid. There are several popular 

 names applied to them, as Tupelo, Pepperidge, Sour Gum Tree, 

 etc. 



