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species, including C. fragrans, a common garden plant in China, 

 and one that is but seldom found in cultivation in England. It 

 deserves more favour than it receives, if only on account of the 

 delicious fragrance of its flowers, which are white, doulole in the 

 cultivated form, resembling the bloom of double Hawthorn, and 

 borne in large clusters like fairy roses. It grows very rapidly in a 

 warm greenhouse, and when planted out soon covers a large space 

 if allowed to do so. G. trichotomum, likewise from the East, is one 

 of the most valuable additions to our shrub list that has been made 

 for a very long time. It is of thick bushy habit, with bold dark 

 green leaves, and purplish white flowers, that are deliciously 

 fragrant, the leaves also possessing a strong odour. That it is quite 

 hardy in England has been conclusively proved in several widely 

 different parts of the country, and where it has formed nice bushy 

 specimens, and flowered well from year to year. G. odoratum, 

 with pale blue flowers. G. phlomoides, with yellowish-white bloom, 

 and G. acideatum, are both daintily scented, whilst G. inerme has 

 sweet-smelling leaves. 

 Clethra alnifolia {Sweet Bush). — A hardy flowering shrub from the 

 United States, dense growing, with dark green leaves, and up- 

 right feathery spikes of creamy-white flowers, intensely fragrant, 

 and continuing in bloom a long time, the foliage when bruised also 

 emits a peculiar odour. G. arhorea, another fine variety, popularly 

 known as Lily of the Valley tree, the blooms being suggestive of 

 this flower in form and fragrance. G. acuminata bears drooping 

 scented flowers. 



Cleyera, — An Asiatic evergreen bush, bearing white or yellow sweet- 

 scented flowers. 



Clintonia uniflora. — A liliaceous plant from California, with white 

 fragant flowers. 



Clusia odorata. — A shrubby plant from Central America ; grown with 

 us as a stove evergreen ; the flowers possess a pleasant odour. 



Coleus aromaticus. — A violet-flowered variety from India, with pecu- 

 liarly scented foliage ; beyond this feature the leaves do not carry 

 that beautiful range of colours by which we best know the 

 genus. 



CoUania dulcis. — A greenhouse perennial from Persia, bearing clusters 

 of flowers on an upright stem, cream-coloured and scented, fol- 

 lowed by sweet fruit, which is eagerly sought after by the 

 natives. 



Colocasia odorata. — An Eastern herbivorous plant of the Arum 

 tribe, of noble aspect. The fragrance of the pale greenish -yellow 

 flowers of this species, which resembles Mignonette, renders it 



