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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



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in our IL>rt. 

 •uffruticose 



tVAsia lauilta J«c, Bot Reg., t. 4oS., and our .//#. 

 L1S6L, is a suffhiticose plant of uncertain origin, but 



with showy yellow flowers, which it produces from 

 July to September. It is commonly kept in a frame, 

 but would thrive well on conservative rockwork, in a 

 uuour.iule situation. 



Cttpririm Umeeoliita L. ; FroeUnia salicifblia Bot. 

 Mug., t. 1556. ; is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, 

 introduced in 1774. A plant has stood against the wall 

 m the Chelsea Botanic Garden for several years; 

 and, though it is generally klled down to the ground 

 in winter, it has always hitherto sprung up again in 

 spring, and made a much finer appearance than it 

 could possibly have done in a pot. 



The genera A/onsda R. ct P., Angeldnia H. B. ct 

 Kuntfi, l.ophospirviu))! Don, BModochiton Zucc, Nye- 

 tcrmin D. Don, all contain species which might be tried 

 against a conservative wall in the south of England. 

 If, after perusing what is stated in this work respecting the half-hardy ligneous 

 plants of any order or tribe, the reader will turn to the same natural order or tribe 

 Brit . he will generally find a number of other species, green-house or stove plants, and 

 or completely ligneous, from which he may increase his selection for trial in the open air. 



CHAP. LXXXVL 



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OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER LABIA'CE^. 



Almost the whole of the plants of this order, which are technically ligneous 

 or sutfr-iticose, may be more properly treated, in gardens, as herbaceous plants 



than as shrubs; nevertheless, as 

 this work would be incomplete 

 without noticing them, we shall 

 name some of the principal species, 

 and refer for the remainder to 

 our Hortus Britannicus. The best 

 situation for a collection of lig- 

 neous Labiacea?, is on dry rock- 

 work. 

 Suture ja montdna L., FL Graec. t. 543., and our fig. 1131., is a well-known 

 culinarj fieri), a native of the south of Europe, which, on dry calcareous soil, 

 will form a neat little evergreen bush, 

 from 1ft. to 2 ft. in height. S. 

 capitata Willd., a native of the Le- 

 vant, is equally hardy, and, indeed, 

 appears to be only a variety of the 

 former. There are, also, some species 

 or varieties from Sicily, Candia, and ^ 

 the Ionian Islands, which are con- 

 sidered as frame plants, and may 

 be tried on conservative rockwork. 



Thymus vulgaris L., and our 

 Jig. I 132., forms a neat little ever- 

 green shrub, when kept in dry cal- 

 careous soil, or on rockwork : and 

 T. grandijlorus Hort. ; T. Masti- 

 china />., Black. 9 t. 134.; is a native 

 frf Spain, with hoary, hairy calyxes. 

 In an arboretum where every single 

 penes or variety is to be exhibited 



by itself, such a beautiful and fragrant genus as Yliymus 



ma\ have a small CODA or hemisphere of rockwork devoted to each species 



netv. There are some half-hardy species, which might also be tried. 



'I hey are not. only beautiful when in flower, but are highly fragrant, and 



thrc to bee . 



Wyixiqnm vfflandUi \.. t and our///;'. I 133., forms an undershrub of 2ft. in 



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