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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. 
Tn our orangeries and greenhouses, Sparmannia, and several species 
of Grewia and Entelea arborescens, are cultivated for their white flowers 
and spinose fruits. The Zv/eas 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. 
