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this can be obviated bj heading the trees well back so soon as they have 

 done blooming. As yet, this variety has seeded very little, but throws up a 

 large number of suckers from the roots. In transplanting them, they should 

 not be headed back. Alata is a stronger growing tree, and flowers about 

 the same time as clealhata ; Gwltriformis and armata are shrubs, both very 

 beautiful when in bloom. 



Bamlusa arundinacea China doubtful. 



„ metaJce Japan liardy. 



„ nigra. Himalaya Mountains „ 



The bamboo, if it can be grown in this country, would prove very useful 



for many purposes. The large one, I much fear, would be too tender. I 



have tried plants at different times, and now have one which has been twelve 



months in the ground without making any growth ; it is still alive, and I 



have some hopes it may shoot up this season. In New South Wales, in a 



district visited by harder frosts than any I have seen here, it grows to a fair 



height, with strong canes. The black bamboo from the Himalaya Mountains 



is a much hardier variety, but much smaller. I have had it growing for 



several years very well ; the canes grow to the height of about fourteen feet 



in a season. It will prove very valuable for ornamental shelter if planted 



in a soil suited to it. With me it grows in the ordinary soil, and will no 



doubt thrive anywhere except on very dry ground. It is increased by 



taking the canes off with a portion of the roots of the main plant. The 



Japan variety has white canes ; I have only lately obtained it. In summer 



the bamboos, when in full grow^th, have a singular and pretty appearance, 



and are well worth a trial. 



Cerasus lusitanica Portugal liardy. 



,, lauro-cerasus LeTant 



The former of these, the Portugal laurel, grows particularly well in this 



country, being covered in spring with bloom. As a plant for shelter in a 



group of laurels and viburnums, I know of no better ; it must, however, 



have plenty of room to form a handsome plant. The common laurel does 



not appear to me to thrive as well as one would have expected — it, however, 



blooms very freely. 



Deutzia scahrata Japan liardy. 



„ gracilis „ 



Both very pretty flowering shrubs ; the latter dwarf in its growth, and 



a very free bloomer. 



Daphne odorata China tender. 



,, ,, variegata „ ,, 



,, fortunii ,, „ 



„ hyhrida „ hardy. 



These are very pretty and highly-scented flowering plants, and very 



