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Art. VII. Notice of some Green-house and Half-hardy ligneous 

 Plants, ijohich have endured the open Air, for several Winters, in the 

 Handstvorth Nursery, near Birmingham. By Alexander Pope. 



I HAVE herewith sent you a few specimens of shrubs, which 

 have endured the open air with us without any protection. They 

 ai'e as follows : — ■ 



Pdn/cs'm austrdlis [ Arb. Brit., p. 1 306.], planted out last sum- 

 mer, is now (Feb. 7.) as green as a common holly ; and appears 

 quite hardy, being in an exposed situation. 



Hdkea. sp. [? aciculdris Arb. Brit., p. 1306.] has been planted 

 four or five years, and has not been in the least injured by the 

 frost. Last summer it bloomed, and has ripened seed. 



Leptospermum trinerve has stood out several years in an ex- 

 posed situation, as a hardy evergreen shrub ; and, last year, was 

 so profusely covered with bloom as to appear a white mass, 3 ft. 

 high. [The specimen sent was covered with ripe seeds. For 

 the extreme hardiness of this genus, see Arh. Brit., p. 961.; and 

 Gard. Mag., vol. xii. p. 706. ; in which last place it is stated 

 to have stood out in the open garden quite well, in 

 the climate of Aberdeen, in Mr. Roy's nursery.] 



Leptosphmum sp. has also stood exposed for 

 several years, and bloomed. It is now 6 ft. high. 

 [L. grandifolium Ai~b. Brit., p. 961., and Jig. 44., is 

 much hardier than the common myrtle.] 



Acdcia a^inis \_A. dealbata Arh. Brit., p. 766.; 

 and Jig. 45.] has stood out exposed to the south. 

 It is now 10ft. high, after being four years planted; 

 and forms a beautiful tree, with its finely pinnated glaucous 

 leaves, as green as in the summer. 



Grewllea yuniperina. [Arb. Brit., 

 p. 1306.] One plant stood out for two 

 years, in a cold and damp situation ; 

 but, being removed, it died, and we 

 have not since tried it out. 



Ceanbthus coUinus. [See Birm. Bot. 

 Gard., as quoted in Gard. Mag., p. 36. ; 

 and7^.46.] This is a very hardy ever- 

 green, and produces its white flowers, 

 from the axils of the leaves, in great abundance. Last summer 

 it flowered twice. [The leaves are oval or roundish, glabrous 

 and shining above, and slightly pubescent beneath : the largest 

 is 2^ in. long, and If in. broad.] 



C azureus [Arb. Brit., p. 539. ; and^.47.] has stood out as a 

 shrub two winters, in a sheltered situation. The ends of the 

 young branches were injured by the frost; but they produced 

 fresh shoots in the spring, and bloomed profusely. 



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