CHAP. LXXX1X. 



GLOBULARIA CE,£. 



1287 



CHAP. LXXXVIII. 



OF THE HALF-HARDY PLANTS OF THE ORDER MYOPO'RINjE. 



Mydporum parvifblium R. Br., Bot. Mag., t. 1691., is a native of New Holland, with trailing stems 

 and small white flowers, which are produced in great profusion nearly all the year. A plant 

 against our conservative wall at Bayswater lived four years, producing shoots of 5 ft. or G ft. in 

 length in one season, which were most beautifully covered with flowers. The plant grows 

 so rapidly, that we have no doubt it would cover many square yards of wall in a very short period. 

 There are other species of the genus having the same habit of growth, more particularly M. 

 oppositifblium R. Br., M. dijf'usum R. Br., and M. adsccndens R. Br. 



CHAP. LXXXIX. 



of the half-hardy plants belonging to the order 

 globularia'ce^:. 



Globularia longifolia L. ; G. salicina Lam., Bot. Reg., 

 t. 659. ; and our fig. 1 155. ,* is a native of Madeira, with 

 long, dark green, shining leaves, and white flowers, 

 which are produced in July and August. It was in- 

 troduced in 1775; and grows to the height of 3 ft. or 

 4 ft. in pots, and, doubtless, twice that height, or more, 

 against a conservative wall. 



G. Alypum L., Gar. Aix, fig. 42., the alypo globularia, 

 is a native of the south of Europe, which has been in 

 cultivation in British gardens since 1640. It is a pretty 

 little evergreen shrub, growing to the height of 2 ft., 

 about Aix and Montpelier ; and producing its pale 

 bluish flowers in August and September. Like all the 

 plants from that part of Europe, it is easily protected 

 in British gardens in a cold frame, surrounded by turf 

 walls or litter, and covered with mats during severe 

 frosts. It might, therefore, be readily protected on dry 

 rockwork in a warm situation, or at the base of a con- * *^5 

 servative wall. There is a variety, G. A. integrifolium, 

 a native of the same climate, which is distinguished 

 from the species by having entire leaves. 



CHAP. XC. 



OF THE HALF-HARDY PLANTS OF THE ORDER PLUMBAGINA'CE^E. 



Stdtice monopetala L., Boc. Sic, 1. 16., is a native of Sicily, where it grows to the height of 3 ft., and 

 produces its tine bluish purple flowers in July and August. S. si/ffruticbsa L. is a native of Siberia, 

 which seldom exceeds 1 ft. in height. Both these species are very suitable for conservative rockwork. 



Vlumbugo capensis Thunb., Bot. Reg., t. 417., is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, with light 

 blue flowers, which it produces in great profusion throughout the summer; and, though it is seldom 

 seen above 5 ft. in height in green. houses, yet we have seen it reach the top of a wall 10 ft. or 12 ft. 

 high, at Bishopstoke Vicarage, in Hampshire. (See Gard. Mag., vol. x. p. 130.) 



CHAP. XCI. 



OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER CHENOPODIA r CE,E. 



The hardy ligneous species of this order have whitish or glaucous foliage, 

 and small flowers of nearly the same colour : the latter have not a corolla, 

 and are not showy. They are included in three genera ; the names and cha- 

 racteristics of which are as follows : — 



