I90 TREES AND SHRUBS 



greenhouse flowering shrub, bearing drooping scarlet 

 and yellow blossoms. Tresco and one mainland 

 garden. 



LiTSEA GENicuLATA. — Southern United States. A 

 deciduous shrub or tree, bearing white flowers in 

 May. The largest in England is probably one at 

 Menabilly, 25 feet in height. 



Melaleuca hypericifolia. — Austraha. An ever- 

 green shrub, bearing scarlet bottle-brush flowers. 

 Tresco. 



Melia azedarach. — Tropical Asia. The Bead 

 tree, so called from the seeds being used for rosaries, 

 bearing much - branched panicles of fragrant lilac 

 flowers. Leaves bipinnate and deeply serrated. 

 Rosehill. Evergreen. 



Melianthus major. — Cape of Good Hope. A 

 well-known plant in sub-tropical gardening. At 

 Rosehill it has reached a height of 12 feet. 



Metrosideros robusta. — New Zealand. An 

 evergreen tree, bearing clusters of brilliant crimson 

 flowers at the extremities of the shoots ; in this it 

 differs from Callistemon, whose flowers encircle the 

 branchlets some distance below the extremities. 

 Tresco ; 30 feet in height. 



Mitraria coccinea. — Chili. An evergreen shrub, 

 bearing bright-scarlet flowers. This is to be found 

 6 feet in some gardens. 



Myoporum l^tum. — Australia. Native name, 

 Guaio. An evergreen tree, bearing small white 

 flowers, and having lanceolate leaves dotted with 

 countless transparent spots. Two mainland gardens. 



