MY SHRUBS 45 
Eriobotrya japonica, now Photinia, but Eriobotrya still for me, is 
the loquat, or Japanese medlar. From fruit I ate in Italy, I saved 
the seeds and have a little colony of this excellent, quick-growing, 
hardy evergreen. The white blossoms are said to appear on 
favoured plants in Devon and Cornwall, but the fruit will not set 
with us. Doubtless, in a cold house, one might ripen it. The 
great foliage is handsome, and the young leaves in spring very 
attractive. 
Eriostemon is a fine race of neat white and pink flowered shrubs 
from hottest Australia. E. intermedius, now wintering in a cold 
house, goes out next spring under a sunny wall, but I am not 
sanguine of success. It is well worth a pot in any case. 
Escallonia exoniensis, with small, creamy-pink flowers and 
vigorous habit, is a good choice variety of this familiar evergreen 
from South America. £. macratha has become a handsome weed 
in the West Country, but the white-flowered FE. philippiana is, 
perhaps, better worth growing. 
Eucalyptus occurs here very sparingly. I name only E. 
coccifera alpina, a perfectly hardy and most attractive little species. 
The colour is a good shining green, and the flowers burst their 
houses and thrust forth bright silver stars in mid-winter. The 
blue gum often makes splendid specimens near our coast-line, and 
I have seen a fine tree in full flower not far distant ; but a hard 
winter punishes them terribly, and cuts them back by the yard. 
E. citriodora is a small fragrant species which smells like Aloysia. 
It will not, however, survive an English winter out of doors. 
Euonymus Yedoensis is a very handsome, deciduous variety from 
Japan, which has not yet given me its yellow blossoms and scarlet 
fruits ; while of tiny things, the dwarf species whose foliage is 
