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height, and is very ornamental when 

 in flower. It should be treated 

 like Thymus. 



Teucrium angustifolium Schreb. is 

 an evergreen undershrub, a native 

 of Spain, which will grow to the 

 height of 8 ft. or upwards, and is or- 

 namental when covered with its blue 

 flowers. T. fridicans (figs. 1135, 

 1136.) is a well-known half-hardy 



species, which will sometimes stand the open air in the 

 neighbourhood of London, for several years in succession, 

 on dry rockwork. T. Mcirum L. (fig. 1 ] 34.), 

 T. fidvum, T. Valium, and various others 

 enumerated in the Hortus Britannicus, J^ 

 being all natives of the south of Europe, 

 or the north of Africa, are half-hardy; 

 or, in the south of England, in warm 

 situations, in dry soil, quite hardy. T. 

 corymbosum R. Br. is a native of Van 

 Diemen's Land, which has small leaves 

 and white flowers. It has been raised in 

 the Cambridge Botanic Garden, where it 



has attained the height of 3 ft. 



Pkldmisfruticdsa L., N. Du Ham, 6. t.40., Bot.Mag., 1. 1843., 



and our fig. 1137.; Jerusalem sage; is a native of Spain, 



with yellow flowers, appearing in June and July. 

 This is a greyish evergreen shrub, growing 4 ft. 



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or 5 ft. high, and, in 

 dry soils, enduring 1 

 or 12 years. The 

 flowers are produced 

 in large whorls, and 

 have a very conspi- 

 cuous appearance. 

 The plant well merits 

 a place in collections, 

 on account of the 

 remarkable appear- 

 ance of its foliage, in- 

 dependently altoge- 

 ther of its flowers. 

 Other ligneous, ever- 

 green, hardy species, with yellow flowers, will 

 be found mentioned in our Hortus Britannicus. 



P. purpurea Smith Spic, 6. t. 3., and our fig. 1138., differs from the pre- 

 ceding sort, in having its flowers of a pale purple colour. Both sorts have a 

 peculiar soapy smell. 



~Rosmarinus officinalis L., Fl.Graec., 1 . 1. 14., and our fig. 1 139., is a well-known 

 evergreen shrub, a native of the south of Europe, which has been an in- 

 habitant of our gardens since 1548. There are plants of it indifferent gardens 

 in the neighbourhood of London, which, as bushes in the open border, in 5 

 or 6 years have attained the height of as many feet, and breadth in proportion ; 

 thus forming very handsome evergreen bushes. We may refer in proof of 

 this to the Twickenham Botanic Garden, and to the gardens of many small 

 suburban villas. In a wild state, the rosemary grows 4 ft. or 5 ft. high; but 

 there is a variety with broad leaves, which, when trained against a wall, will 

 grow to the height of 10 ft. or 12 ft. As the plant flowers from January to 

 April, it forms, when so treated, a very desirable garden ornament. There 



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