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with a few large white spots— a very pleasing com- 

 bination. 



Phyllanthus Chantrieri should be in the possession 

 of lovers of the strange, yet pretty anil graceful ; it 

 bears branches in a tufted manner, coming from the 

 stem in a gentle downward curve as in some Coni- 

 fers. This plant is about 2 feet high, and is a slow 

 grower, the leaves dark green, glossy, arranged in 

 two rows along the branch, with the flowers laying 

 on them. 



Gloxinias were represented by a few good plants, 

 but the majority had finished flowering. There is 

 one of the finest whites we have seen, under 



plants, a section of which Coombe Wood has many 

 to show, and these mainly natives of Japan, China, 

 and New Zealand, countries that have supplied 

 Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons with many of their finest 

 novelties in trees and shrubs. 



The first visit is usually made to the greenhouses 

 and propagating pits and houses, not so much 

 for their contents, but from the circumstance 

 that the outer walls are clothed in parts with 

 plants not seen elsewhere, and of which the gardener 

 knows but little. Of these plants we may name 

 Ekcagnus macrophyllus, a large-leaved species, with 

 stout, large, entire leaves of grey-green — a fine thing 



side. Clematis coccinea, with scarlet tubular flowers, 

 and C. crispa, with blue ones, but not yet out, were 

 planted against the opposite walls. C. coccinea, 

 although of annual growth from the ground level, 

 makes a considerable amount yearly, and would reach 

 the top of a wall 8 feet high. Tracheliospermum 

 jasminoides the perfection of an evergreen covering 

 for a dwarf wall. It has neat small leaves, and clings 

 without being nailed or otherwise fastened to it. It 

 was coming into flower. Lonicera japonica, with 

 flowers white and yellow, is excellent for a wall — it 

 will flower up to November. 



In the open parts of the nursery we found Phyl- 



st*w 



FlO. 9. — SPATHOOLOTTIS AUREA (kIMBALLIANa) ! TOP OF THE FLOWETt-STALE, FLOWERS YELLOW. (SEE P. 02.) 



the name of Virginale. Mrs. Brockhaus is violet, 

 with a spotted edge, fading towards the margin. [ 

 There were other equally good forms, but it must 

 suffice to mention Unique, white, densely spotted 

 with faint lilac ; and Favourite, similar, but with 

 pale red spots, both very distinct. 



Messrs. ,T. Veitch & Sons, Coombe Wood. 



The month of July is one of the best in which 

 to inspect the contents of a tree nursery ; for, 

 though you may miss the tints of the early foliage of 

 most species of tree and shrub, and which are seldom 

 of long continuance, the more permanent form and 

 colour of leaf and shoot are better observed. This 

 is more particularly the case amongst evergreen 



for a wall, but perhaps too tender to stand quite in 

 the open away from the southern shires. Here it is 

 hardy, and seldom gets disfigured in any way by 

 frost. E. pungens has a green leaf edged with 

 creamy-white — a perfectly hardy species, fine for a 

 wall of moderate height ; Grevillea sulphurea has 

 been full of its quaint blooms, now just over; also 

 a good subject for a low wall ; this one, and G. 

 rosmarinifolia, with pink and white flowers, were just 

 gone out of bloom (July 17). 



A good plant for a shady wall is I.igustrum 

 lucidum tricolor. The young shoots are pink in 

 colour, and the leaves yellow and green. There was 

 a plant, LagersUcrmia indica violacea, which had 

 flowered last year under glass, but now standing out- 



lyrea Vilmoriueana, and the small P. V. decora were 

 doing well. This is an excellent evergreen which 

 everyone ought to get and which does well in smoky 

 localities ; Ligustrum japonicum, usually seen as a 

 bush, is here grown as a standard, and specimens 

 with neat heads covered with flowers were observed. 

 Berberis stenophylla was likewise worked on high 

 stems of B. Darwini ; these and many other tall 

 subjects form nice "starers" in level masses of 

 other kinds of shrubs. 



Genista tinctoria, a dwarf shrub, was finely in 

 flower— capital for a small group or an edging to 

 a bed of shrubs. Hydrangea mandshurica differs 

 largely from the common Hortensia ; it has a larger 

 leaf, and the young growths are black-skinned, the 



