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and temperate houses, several Myrtles' and Metrosideros,^ the 

 Guyavas, Tristaivia and Micalyptus ; ^ then a series of charming 

 Australian plants, with foliage generally persistent, often ericoid, 

 such as Darwinia,* Verticordia,^ Galythrix, Thryptomene, Bceckea, 

 Leptospermum, Kunsea, GalUstemon, Melaleuca, Beaufortia, Back- 

 housia, Calothamnus, Begelia. They were highly prized at the 

 beginning of the century and cultivated in considerable number, as 

 they are still in England, Germany, and Holland : the greater part 

 are very suitable for the decoration of winter gardens ; but many are 

 difficult to preserve. Eucalyptus, which, in our conservatories, 

 attains but little development, ornaments gardens and promenades in 

 the south. 



• Bot. Mag. t. 250, 4668, 4809, etc. Serres, xxi. 69. 



2 Ibid. t. 260, 4471, 4488, 4616. * Bot. Mag. t. 4858, 4860, 6468. 



3 Ibid. t. 4333, 4637. — V. Hoctt. Fl. des ' Ibid. t. 6286. 



