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cap. These lids ma^- he seen in spring h'ing in great 

 quantities under the Eucah'ptus trees ; wlien trodden upon 

 the}' emit a ^'er\- penetrating odour. Latterly- tliese tlower- 

 buds have been turned to account in the malting of 

 crosses and rosaries. Voung Eucal\'ptus trees, sucli as 

 we see in our northern 'greenhouses, present at first 

 quite a different appearance to that of older trees. They 

 -scarceU' seem like the same plant. The leaves are short 

 and broad, encircling the stem with their base, and are 

 attached horizontalh': onh- on the older branches are 

 these replaced b\' the narrow, pointed, long-stalked leaves 

 \vhich hang down. 



J^itcalyptiis u-Iobiiliis. which is such a favourite on 

 the Riviera, is not the hardiest representative of the 

 genus, for even here it suffers in exposed situations in a 

 severe winter. Man\- species stand the cold better, and 

 Jl. Giiimi thrives even as far north as Whittingham 

 near Edinburgh. 



To the high chain of the Maritime Alps, which ward 

 off the cold north wind, the Ri^'iera di Ponente owes 

 its mild climate. Without this protecting barrier the culti- 

 ^'ation of the Agrumi in this latitude would be impos- 

 sible. In man\' places on the coast between Nice and 

 Savona the ^Vgrumi thrive quite as well as the}- do at 

 Naples: whereas one might traverse the inland districts 

 of Northern and Middle Itah' without seeing an}' of them. 

 Under the name of "Agrumi" are included the represen- 

 tatives of the genus Citrus. The Catalogue of La Mortola 

 Gardens contains the names of more than twent\' species 

 and varieties of this geiuis. Almost all the kinds of 



