CHAPTER X 
UILLAJA SAPONARIA, a Chilian soapwort, is rare in 
cultivation, though I do not suppose it difficult. It 
makes a considerable evergreen tree when at home, and 
is said to have fragrant white blossoms. Mine perished in a cool 
peat bed, and must be renewed. 
Rhaphiolepis japonica is a treasure, and I know few handsomer 
evergreens. ‘This hardy shrub has a neat, branching habit and 
leaves of polished dark green. Its panicles of snow-white blossoms 
have a touch of pale carmine in the midst, and open during May or 
June. The falling leaf takes on a splendid crimson. In half shade 
this very fine shrub prospers well, flowers profusely, and sets its 
dark red berries. It came to England in 1865—the same year that I 
did—and neither of us is half as well known as we ought to be. 
Rhabdothamnus Solandri is a dwarf evergreen New Zealander, 
with pretty little serrated leaves and bells of blossom, a dark orange- 
red, striped black. It is tender, but does well here in a peaty 
corner with a larger shrub above it, whose foliage affords the 
necessary protection. 
Rhaphithamnus cyanocarpus is an evergreen Chilian with small 
coriaceous foliage, blue flowers, and bright blue berries. Mine 
grows in the open rockwork, and will soon be too large for that 
position. Its points get somewhat nipped by frost, and, when I 
move it, I shall set it against a protected cool wall, and hope that 
it may survive and prosper. 
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