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ORNAMBNTAI. FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



ctmeate-oblong in shape, about six inches long, and a 

 little less than an inch wide in the broadest part, the 

 edges quite plain and entire, upper side dark green, be- 

 neath silvery white. It is sometimes called B. glauca. 

 Native of Australia. 



B. integrifolia compar. — ^An elegant branching species, 

 attaining a height of six feet. The leaves are very 

 densely set upon the branches, oblong in shape, tapering 

 at the base, blunt at the apex, and serrulate on the edges ; 

 the upper side is dark olive green, the under side silvery 

 white. Native of Australia. 



B. latifolia. — A fine plant, growing in its native habitat 

 from twenty to thirty feet high, but as all these plants 

 are slow in growth, it will be many years before this 

 species attains that height with us. The leaves are from 

 six to ten inches long, and three broad, obovate-oblong 

 in shape, and serrate at the edges ; the upper surface is 

 deep green, under side clothed with woolly greyish 

 hairs, those on the mid-rib being bright brown, and the 

 veins slightly paler. It is a most desirable plant. Native 

 of Australia. 



B. quercifolia. — ^A species forming a handsome bush soma 

 five or six feet high. The leaves are cuneate-oblong, 

 deeply incised at the margins, and having a short spine 

 upon each lobe. Native of South Australia. 



B. solandra. — This is truly a noble plant, attaining a 

 height of from six to twelve feet. The leaves are deeply 

 pinnatifid, from four to six inches long, and upwards of 

 two wide, having from three to six pairs of lobes on each 

 leaf; the apex is quite straight, as if bitten ofi"; upper side 

 is dark green, under side silvery white. It is well deserving 

 a place in every garden, though we are sorry to admit that' 

 we know of but one plant living in Britain ; nevertheless 



