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ARBORETUM AND FKUTU'ETUM. 



PART III. 



cinnamon tree, is ■ nanvo of the Island of Ceylon, and other parts of the Bast ; audit lias been in- 

 troduced Into South America, ami the isle of France, where it is cultivated for the bark, it is coin- 

 motuj considered as a store plant, but it has ripened seeds in the conservatory of M Boursault, at 



Tans, from which young plants have been raised, in 1827, 1828, and 1829, and these plants have stood 

 the winter in the open air there for several years, with very little protection. It well deserves a trial, 

 therefore, against ■ conservative wall, in British gardens. 



i i •• I D Hon; /aurus Cassia !.. ; I., Cinnambmiun Bot. /:<'/>.; /Vrsca Cassia Spr. ; the 

 Wild Cinnamon, Bot. Rep.,t. 596., which is a native of Ceylon, where it grows to the height of 50 ft or 

 60 ft., with large spreading branches, is thought to be nothing more than ('. veruni in a wild state. 



Otktr Hg m e ot U pl mt tt betottgimg to lass Order, natives of Japan, Mexico, the Cape of Good Hope, 

 and of New South Wales, and usually kept in green-houses, will be found enumerated in our Hortus 

 BrUmnmicut. Most of them, we have no doubt, could make a much better appearance against a flucd 

 conservative wall, than ever they can do in a house. 



CHAP. XCIV. 



OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS BELONGING TO THE 

 ORDER VROTEA y CRiE. 



\i i the plants of this order are ligneous ; and, with very few exceptions, arc natives of Australia, 

 and the Cape of Good Hope. Many species have been introduced, belonging to upwards of 30 



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genera ; and, doubtless, there are a great number of these, particularly the natives of New Holland, 

 which would stand the winters of the climate of London against a conservative wall. 



Bdnksia UitoraJis H. Br. is a native of New Holland, where it forms 

 a bush 8 ft. high, A plant stood against a wall in the Horticultural 

 Societv's Garden, from 1832 till it was killed by the severe spring of 



B. oblongifblia Cav., Bot. Cab., 241., stood out witli us at Bayswater 

 for four years, but was killed in the spring of 1836. 



Greviue* rotmarinifblia Cun. (./?#. 1176.) is a very elegant plant, a 

 native of New South Wales, where it grows to the height of 4 ft. or 

 5 ft. A plant has stood out in front of the stove at Kew, since 1826, 

 flowering freely every year. 



i, a, mi '<n it<i 11. lir. [Jigs. 1177, 1178.) is also a native of New South 

 Wales, and is considered equally hardy with G. rosmarinifolia. 



// feem aricuiaris R Br, Vent. Malm., 3. ; //. suaviolcns K.Br.; 



and //. pmgkm(f6rmU R Br., Bot. Cab., 3:13., and our/^.1179. ; have 



it in the Horticultural Society's Garden since 1S32. 



It i-. probable that most Of the species belonging to this order are 



equally hardy with those above enumerated; and we should have 



i no that, against a flucd wall, with straw hur- 



| against it during severe weather, and taken off' for an 



■ . fine day, all the I'roU-acra? might be exhibited in 



the (hmate of London in greater vigour and beauty than they are in 



their native Country. This may he thought a bold assertion; but, as 



it holds good in the case of /.rica and I'elargonium, we see no reason 



why, ii tb« -inn (are were applied, the same should not follow in the 



: .til the plan's ol this very interesting order. 



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CJIAP. XCV. 



<,i nil. HARDY ligneous PLANTS OF THB ORDER 7'IIYM ELA^CEiE. 



Tin. m. belong to two genera, Daphne £. and IMrca L., which have the 

 following ' hnractffi : — 



