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Culture of Epiphyllum truncdtum. 



Colletia, spinbsa Kunth; C. horrida 

 W., Arb. Brit., p. 541., and^y%. 54. c; 

 appears to be as hardy as the common 

 furze, and is a most desirable ever- 

 green shrub. [RetaniliaE'/)^e6?raBron. 

 Colletm E^phedra Vent., Jig. 54. b, and 

 Colletia xxUcina G\\.,Jig. 54. a, of which 

 there are plants in the open air at 

 Messrs. Loddiges's, appear equally hardy, and add 

 handsome evergreen shrubs to the British arboretum. 



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Handsworth Nursery, Feb. 7. 1837. 



The specimens sent are remarkably healthy and vigorous. 

 We would strongly recommend for trial, as common shrubbery 

 evergreens, on dry soils, all the leptospermums that can be 

 procured ; and also Ceanothus, Greviliea, Hakea, and Acacia. 

 As to that delightful evergreen Photinia, it is about as hardy as 

 the common laurel ; and the splendid Eriobotrya is nearly so, 

 when trained against a wall. We are equally astonished and 

 delighted to find that so many half-hardy plants stand out in the 

 neighbourhood of- Birmingham ; which, we suppose, must be 

 chiefly owing to the dryness of the air, since the temperature is 

 considerably lower than that of London. For the same reason, 

 some trees and shrubs stand out better in the neighbourhood of 

 Paris, the climate of which, during winter, is also colder than 

 that of London. — Cond. 



Art. VIII. On the Culture of Epiphyllum truncdtum. 

 By T. Symons, Gardener, Clowance. 



Among the numerous beauties of Flora which adorn our 

 stoves, there are few, in my opinion, possessing a higher claim 

 to admiration than the Epiphyllum truncatum. This plant 

 should have a place in every stove ; and, in the absence of a stove, 

 a trial should be given it in every green-house. Feeling an 

 ardent desire that this exotic may be more extensively cultivated. 



