ESCALLONIA 



BOOKFOIL OBDEB 



ITBA 435 



along the branches. The parents of this 

 hybrid were E. macrantha with crimson- 

 red flowers and E.pMlippiana with white 

 ones. 



Culture do. as above. 



E. macrantha. — A beautiful shrub 3-6 

 ft. high, native of Chiloe. Leaves ovate- 

 elliptic, bluntish, serrate, shining, dotted 

 beneath. Flowers in June, crimson-red, 

 rather large. This is also known as E. 

 Ingrami in some gardens. 



Culture So. as above. 



E. montevidensis {E. floribunda). — 

 A native of New Granada 10 ft. high. 

 Leaves oblong, blunt, finely crenulated 

 or entire. Flowers in July, white, in 

 much-branched leafy corymbs at the 

 ends of the branches. 



Culture So. as above. 



E. organensis. — A handsome shrub 

 2-4 ft. high, native of the Organ Moun- 

 tains, having rich red-brown stems and 

 branches. Leaves oblong, blunt, deep 

 glossy with red margins. Flowers in 

 summer, deep rose. 



Culture So. as above. 



E. philippiana. — A beautiful Valdivian 

 shrub 3-5 ft. high, with rich green, 

 rather spoon-shaped, serrated leaves, and 

 densely crowded panicles of white flowers 

 in July at the ends of the branches. 

 This shrub is hardy in the Thames 

 Valley, and makes a fine bush. The 

 hybrid varieties exoniensis and leuoantha 

 are desirable on account of flowering till 

 late in the autumn. 



Culture So. as above. 



E. pterocladon. — A Patagonian shrub 

 about 4 ft. high, remarkable for the 

 peculiar winged branches, and small 

 leaves. Flowers in July, white and pink, 

 small, but in great profusion along the 

 branches. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



E. pulverulenta. — A hairy Chilian 

 shrub 6-10 ft. high. Leaves elliptic, 

 serrulate, rather clammy above when 

 young. Flowers in June, white, in erect 

 racemes at the ends of the branches. 



Culture So. as above. 



E. punctata {E. rubra punctata). — 

 A native of Chili 3-6 ft. high. Leaves 

 bright green, elliptic acute, finely and 

 often unequally toothed. Flowers in 



July, deep red, in terminal corymbs. 

 This plant may be easily distinguished 

 from E. rubra by the stalked glands on 

 the young shoots, flower stalks &c. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



E. revoluta {E. affinis). — A Chilian 

 shrub 3-6 ft. high, having softly downy 

 branches and obovate acute leaves 1-2 in. 

 long with toothed and recurved margins. 

 The white flowers, each about ^ in. long, 

 are borne in late summer or autumn in 

 branched racemes at the ends of the 

 shoots. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



E. rubra. — A rather smooth Chilian 

 shrub 3-6 ft. high, clothed with glandular 

 hairs when young. Leaves obovate- 

 oblong, pointed, toothed, with resinous 

 dots beneath. Flowers from July to 

 September, red, 2-7 on a stalk. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



ITEA. — A small genus of trees or 

 shrubs with alternate, stalked, oblong 

 or lance-shaped leaves with glandular 

 toothed or crenate margins. Flowers 

 small, white, in terminal and axillary 

 racemes. Calyx more or less bell-shaped, 

 with 5 ovate or awl-shaped persistent 

 lobes. Petals 5, perigynous, linear, some 

 what erect, spreading or reflexed. Sta- 

 mens 5. Ovary superior or half superior, 

 2-celled. 



I. virginica. — An ornamental deci 

 duous shrub 6-8 ft. high, native of the E 

 United States, with deep green oblong 

 oval and minutely serrate leaves. The 

 small white flowers appear in horizontal 

 sprays in June, and very much resemble 

 those of the Common Privet (p. 644). 

 Owing to their great abundance they 

 make a fine display against the deep green 

 foliage. 



Culture and Propagation. — This plant 

 thrives in ordinary good sandy loam with 

 a little peat or leaf soil added. It may be 

 increased by seeds sown in cold frames as 

 soon as ripe, or in spring in gentle heat. 

 It may also be layered in late summer or 

 autumn, and the suckers from the base 

 may likewise be removed and transplanted 

 in mild showery weather in autumn. 

 Cuttings of the half-ripened shoots may 

 also be rooted in sandy soil under a hand- 

 Ijght. In autumn plants, if not too large, 

 may be lifted and grown in pots for con- 

 servatory decoration in spring. 



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