GREEK-HOUSE PLANTS. 



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leaves oblong, ending in a long bristle, glaucous ; 

 flowers white. Summer months. 



E. linearlfolium. — A densely-branched species, 

 with linear -obtuse leaves, which are glandular and 

 dark green ; flowers star-like, white, sufiused with 

 a rosy -pink hue. Spring and early summer. 



E. myoporoides. 

 — A robust plant ; 

 leaves large for 

 the genus, linear- 

 lanceolate, glan- 

 dular and mucro- 

 nate ; flowers pro- 

 duced on short 

 axillary racemes, 

 three or four 

 together, ■white. 

 Early summer 

 months. 



E. Tierlifoluun. 

 — Leaves lanceo- 

 late, glandular, 

 and dark green ; 

 racemes three- 

 flowered; flowers 

 star-Hke, white, 

 and tinged with 

 pink towards the 

 edges. Spring 

 and early sum- 

 mer. 



E. pulchettum. 

 — Leaves small, 

 and dark green ; 

 flowers produced 

 in great abund- 

 ance, white. 

 Spring months. 



E. scaber. — 

 This is a hand- 

 some but some- 

 what delicate 

 plant, and con- 

 sequently it is 

 more frequently 

 grafted upon 



some strong-growing species ; the leaves are linear, 

 dark green, the glandular dots giving them a rough 

 appearance; flowers numerous, white, tinged with 

 pink. Spring and early summer. 



Eucalyptus. — These plants are mostly gigantic 

 trees, in some instances attaining a height of three 

 hundred feet, with a proportionate girth. They are 

 popularly known throughout the Australian colonies 

 as Gum-trees. The Blue Gum-tree, E. globulus, 



G1IEVII.I.EA EOBCSIA 



yields a fine quality of timber, and recently has ac- 

 quired a European reputation as an antidote to 

 malaria, and has been largely planted in marshy 

 districts. The " Stringy Bark," E. gigantea, attains 

 to an immense size, and its wood is a most useful 

 timber. The name of " Gum-trees '* comes from the 



fact of many 

 species y i elding a 

 quantify of gum 

 which is used for 

 various purposes. 

 Eucalyptus be- 

 longs to the order 

 Myrtacece. Their 

 leaves are entire, 

 thick, and 

 leathery in tex- 

 ture, and, like 

 the phyUodes of 

 the Acacias, 

 mostly stand with 

 their edges to the 

 branches, and not 

 flat, as most 

 leaves do. Their 

 flowers are showy 

 and the fruits are 

 large, hard, and 

 woody, variously 

 shaped, and are 

 exceedingly curi- 

 ous and interest- 

 ing, but they are 

 far too large to 

 introduce to the 

 majority of plant- 

 houses. The 

 species mentioned 

 below, however, is 

 an exception to 

 this rule, and is 

 well deserving of 

 the attention of 

 all those who 

 appreciate frag- 

 rant leaves. Pot 

 in three parts of light loam and one part of peat. 

 E. citriodora. — A slender-growing plant, having 

 small, oblong, bright green leaves, which are fur- 

 nished with numerous glandular hairs, that give off 

 a delicious fragrance, resembling that of the Lemon- 

 scented Verbena. Australia. 



Gasterla. — These are small-growing plants — 

 sometimes called " Tongue Aloes." The name comes 

 from gaster, ■' the belly," in allusion to the curved 



