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and C. Atkinsi is a hybrid between the two already 

 named. The winter jasmine {J. nudiflbruni) de- 

 lights the eye with the clear yellow of its count- 

 less flowers from early in December onwards. 

 Whether on wall, trellis, fence, or arch, it is never 

 out of place at this season of the year, and is a 

 beautiful sight when viewed veiling a low cliff-face 

 with its pendent, flower-laden shoots. When 

 associated with Cotoneaster microphylla, whose red 

 berries are carried through the winter, it is very 

 effective, and a certain thatched Devonshire cottage, 

 whose front was entirely covered by the two plants, 

 presented a vision of crimson and gold in the dull 

 January days that will be long remembered. One 

 of the most satisfactory winter -flowering plants in 

 the south is Erica lusitamca or codonodes, the 

 most beautiful of the tree heaths. Before the 

 old year has departed its earliest buds begin to 

 show white, and by mid -January, in the south-west, 

 it is in fiiU flower. Great bushes then present a 

 lovely sight, appearing at a little distance pyramids 

 of white six feet or more in height. The character 

 of this heath is erect, and the upright sprays, 

 covered with a profusion of drooping, white, 

 elongated bells, have the appearance of white 

 plumes. In Devon and Cornwall it propagates 



