No. 439. 
MELALEUCA THYMIFOLIA. 
Class. Order. 
POLYADELPHIA  ICOSANDRIA. 
This is a very neat and pleasing little 
plant: it is a native of New South Wales, 
first brought to this country about the year 
1792. Its growth is dwarf, not often rising 
to two feet, but very bushy, and producing 
its flowers in great abundance. They come 
out on the sides of short twigs, each con- 
taining about six flowers, in three opposite 
pairs : they last a considerable time during 
the summer and autumn, and are not un- 
frequently succeeded by seeds, which, like 
the others of ae pro years or 
increased 
onger to 
by cuttings. The ville salina be sandy 
peat, and in winter it must be placed in the 
greenhouse. Its leaves are aromatic, but 
the flowers are without scent. 
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