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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PAKT HI. 



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& may be found sometimes 



oft. or 7 ft. high. In an 

 area of a house in Berke- 

 ley Street, there were, in 

 1836, two plants, about 

 (> ft. high, and of propor- 

 portionatc bulk. Mr. 

 Bowie, in a very interest- 

 ing communication to 

 the Gard.Mag.on raising 

 Australian and Cape 

 shrubs from seeds, and 

 acclimatising them to 

 Ku rope, proposes to place 

 the Plectranthus fruti. 

 cosus in green-houses, 

 as the most susceptible 

 of cold ; which, if pro- 

 perly placed, will prove 

 a warning thermometer 

 to guard against direct 

 injury to others, as it is 

 always the first to suffer, 

 and consequently will 

 show the increasing 

 harm. (Gard. Mag., vcl. 

 viii. p. 7.) 



Sldcr)tis cdndicans 

 Ait, Com. Hort, 2. t. 

 99., is a native of Madei- 

 ra, an old inhabitant of 

 green-houses inEngland, 

 and of orangeries in 

 France, where we have 

 seen it growing about 

 the same, height as the 

 Plectranthus fruticbsus. 



There are several other sorts, from the Canaries, Spain, the Levant, &c, which will be found enume- 

 rated in the Hortus Britannicus, all of which would probably live on rockwork, with very little pro- 

 tection during winter. 



Lcon'utis Lconbn/s R. Br. ; Phlomis Leonurus L., Bot. Mag., t. 478. ; is a Cape shrub, which has 

 been in the country since 1712. It grows to the height of 3 ft. or 4 ft, and is tolerably hardy. It 

 bears showy scarlet flowers, but does not flower freely in Britain. 



Sphuccle campanulida Benth., Bot. Reg., t. 1382, and our Jig. 1151., is a 

 shrub, from Chili, which grows to the height of 2 ft. or 3 ft, and produces its 

 pale blue flowers in July and August. There is a plant in the Horticultural 

 Society's Oarden„which has stood out at the foot of a wall since 1832. S. 

 I.indlby'x Bcnth., Bot. Reg., t 1220., is another species which was introduced 

 from Valparaiso in 1825. 



Dracocdphalum canaridnse Com. Hort, 2. t 41., is 

 an old favourite, much esteemed for its fragrance. 

 Trained against a wall, and protected during winter, 

 It will, in two years, cover a space 4 ft. or 5 ft high, 

 and 5 ft. or 6 ft. broad ; producing its pale purplish 

 flowers in abundance from July to September. It 

 may be raised from seeds early in spring, and turned 

 out in the borders, like a tender annual. 



Salvia s/i/findens Ker, Bot Reg., t. 687. ; &Jormdsa 

 Willd., Bot. Mag., 375. ; S. Jiilgens Cav., Bot. Reg., 

 1356. ; and S.Grahann Bcnth., Bot. Beg., t. 1370., and 

 our Jig. 1151. ; arc all splendid suffruticose plants, na- 

 tives of South America, which will live through the 

 winter against a wall, and flower beautifully during 

 summer ; but, though technically shrubs, in prac- 

 tice they are best treated as herbaceous plants, kept 

 in pots and pits, or green-houses, through the winter, 

 and turned out into the open borders in spring. 

 .V. Orahami has stood in our garden, in the open 

 border, through the severe winter of 1835-36, without 

 any protection whatever. S. chamtcdryoules Cav. is 

 B dwarf Ipeciet, the flowers of which are of a pecu- 

 liarly ioteO 8 and brilliant blue. It is frequently grown in England for planting out in beds in regular 

 (lower- re ii- Mowers form a mass of beautiful blue. There are some Cape species, which 



I i| -■.. u , th.it might be tried against a wall. Of these, ft atirca is one of the most splendid. 

 I ,„,„ mailiS I.., 11. »raJC.. t. 584., is a native of Spain, which has been in the country since the 

 i (.(rani. It grow-, 3 ft high, and produces its white-spotted flowers, some of which arc fol- 

 lowed by pulp.' 01 1 r< 'I Mdf, ATOM June to August 



/', tanthtra la idnthot tab., Bot Reg., t. 143., is a native of New South Wales, which has stood 

 in the Horticultural Society's Garden, at the foot of a wall, since 1831 ; but it was killed in the spring 

 i 1836. 



Other half-hardy Speeiet belonging to this order may be found in considerable numbers by looking 



in OUI 11'"/" . BrtkmmCtU j but, with the exception of the salvias, the phlomises, and 



the Lavandula-, Wt ran hardly i c coinirieii'l any of them for culture, except in the warmer situations 



of the gland, where they will r,"»w with little or no protection. Where much labour 



and expel n required to protect tender plant* during winter, only those that arc truly ligneous 



to be made choice of j but where the climate ii lucn m to render protection easy, a greater 

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