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An evergreen shrub with acacia-like foHage, bearing 

 clusters of large yellow flowers with bright -red 

 stamens. Mr. Fitzherbert says, "The finest speci- 

 men I have seen was in the late Rev. H. Ewbank's 

 garden at Ryde, but I know of smaller ones in the 

 south-west." 



POLYGALA GRANDIFOLIA (syns. gratidis, &c.). — 

 Bahia. An evergreen flowering shrub, the finest 

 of its race, bearing large rose and white flowers. 

 Tregothnan. 



PsEUDOPANAX CRASSIFOLIUM. — New Zealand. An 

 evergreen shrub with dark-green thick leaves 2 

 feet in length, with orange midribs. Ludgvan Rec- 

 tory. 



PUNICA GRANATUM. — ^The Pomegranate is a neg- 

 lected shrub in English gardens. Planted at the foot 

 of a south wall, and treated generally like a well- 

 groomed Peach tree, it will flower from June to 

 September. It is not a shrub for cold climates, but 

 Mr. Watson, writing in the Garden, October 26, p. 

 283, says, "At Kew three varieties are grown out- 

 doors, namely, the type, the big double-white 

 flowered variety, with petals margined with white, 

 Picotee-like, and the dwarf variety known as Nana. 

 There are other forms beside these, including a white- 

 flowered one which I have seen in Paris gardens, 

 where old — very old — standard plants are grown 

 and treasured. The dwarf variety is cultivated as 

 a pot plant in some continental countries. I have 

 seen it in the Hamburg florists' shops, pretty little 

 pyramids in 5-inch pots, covered with flowers. 



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