on MY SHRUBS 
typic genus of great beauty and interest. This is the Pink Broom 
of New Zealand—a beautiful shrub worthy of a warm and sheltered 
corner in full sunshine. It grows slowly but steadily when pros- 
perous, and withstands severe cold. From New Zealand, few 
pea-flowered plants come to us, and certainly none of them can 
rival this very fine thing. I am fortunate in a piece that makes 
good progress and blossoms generously during early summer. 
Light, well-drained soil is probably the secret of success. 
Nuttallia cerasiformis is a good shrub, but it does not unmated 
produce its little plum-like fruits, though countless flowers may 
cluster on the branches in earliest spring. This Californian is 
polygamo-diccious, whatever dreadful domestic arrangement that 
may be. The result at any rate is a childless plant with me. It 
makes a beautiful shrub when well grown. 
Nyssa multiflora—pleasantly named for once after a water 
nymph, instead of an eminent deceased botanist—should be here 
in my little bog. This North American is a small tree, but might 
join my collection for some years if I could find it and prevail 
with it to prosper. 
Ochna multiflora should be attempted in a greenhouse, for this 
shrub from Sierra Leone is full of interest. The fleeting yellow 
flowers are very fragrant, the fruits quite extraordinary. Upon 
a fleshy crimson receptacle are placed the seeds—green at first, 
then black. There is no more interesting or original plant. Mine 
reached to 5 feet high with great rapidity ; then it became un- 
wieldy, and was neglected and perished. A fallen seed or two 
germinated in the stove where it was wont to dwell ; but the seeds 
I tried to grow never came up. For a choice indoor collection 
nothing more attractive than Ochna can be proposed. There is 
