194 TREES AND SHRUBS 



Fruits are rarely produced by the Pomegranate in 

 England." 



Rhapithamnus cyanocarpus. — Chili. An ever- 

 green tree, bearing pale-blue flowers, followed by 

 violet-blue berries, A fine specimen 20 feet in 

 height is at Menabilly. 



RuBus AUSTRALis. — A Bramble, the only form 

 of which is worth growing, and that merely as a 

 curiosity, is a practically leafless one. The leaves 

 are indeed there, but they consist merely of three 

 midribs armed with curved spines, and terminated 

 by leaflets less than an inch in length of an inch in 

 breadth. A large plant at Bishop's Teignton has 

 smothered a Euonymous bush, and climbed into an 

 adjacent Fir. 



Senecio. — Many of the newer evergreen exotic 

 species, such as 5. Grayii, S. Fosterii, S. Heretieri, and 

 others are grown, while in Rosehill garden is a fifty- 

 year-old plant of the Mexican 5. Petasitis, 8 feet in 

 height. 



SOLANUM CRISPUM, — Chili. An evergreen flower- 

 ing shrub, bearing lavender yellow-centred flowers 

 in profusion, often reaching a height of 8 feet. 

 Quite common. 



Sparmannia africana. — Cape of Good Hope. 

 African Hemp. An evergreen shrub, bearing masses 

 of white flowers with ruby-tipped anthers ; a well- 

 known greenhouse plant. At Tresco both the single 

 and double forms are grown, and attain a height of i o 

 feet. The single form is also met with in mainland 

 gardens, where it is often in flower in February. 



