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species, with oblong-lanceolate leaves 2 inches long, and 

 producing yellow flowers in terminal heads. There is a 

 smaller growing form known as H. hircinum minus. The 

 plant emits a peculiar goat-like odour. 



XH. Moseeiandm is a beautiful hybrid form between 

 H. calycinum and H. patulum, with large deep-yellow 

 flowers and conspicuous red anthers. 



H. oblongifolitjm (syns H. Hookerianum and H. 

 nepalensis). — Nepaul, 1823. An evergreen species, about 

 4 feet high, with oblong, pellucid, dotted leaves, and deep 

 golden, somewhat waxy flowers at the end of summer. 

 ^ H. peolificum. — North America, 1758. This is a much 

 branched twiggy shrub, about 4 feet high, with small, 

 linear-lanceolate leaves, thickly studded with pellucid dots. 

 Flowers not very large, five-petalled, and of a pleasing 

 bright-yellow colour. The allied, if not identical, H. 

 Kalmiana, North America, 1759, is worthy of being in- 

 cluded in a selection of these plants. 



H. uralum. — Nepaul, 1823. A neat but fragile species 

 that attains to about a yard in height. Leaves rather 

 small, elliptic, almost stalkless, and perforated with trans- 

 parent dots. Flowers small and of a bright golden-yellow. 



H. fasciculatum, H. pyramidatum, and H. patulum are 

 all worthy of attention where a good representative 

 collection is of importance. The Hypericums succeed best 

 when planted in a rather sandy and not too dry loam, and 

 they are readily increased either from divisions or by 

 means of cuttings. 



Idesia (Bixineae). 



Idbsia poltcaepa (syns Flacourtica japonica and Poly- 

 carpa Maxinwwiczii). — A Japanese tree of small growth, 

 and only introduced to this country in 1866. It is a hand- 

 some, hardy species, bearing large bright-green leaves with 

 conspicuous crimson footstalks, often 4 inches across, and 



