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These plants grow in loamy soil, and ripened cuttings 

 root freely in sand under a hand-glass. 



Chrysobala''nus oblongifoliiis, American cocoa Plum, 

 a low tree from Georgia. Culture as in Prunus. 



Me^spilus IcEvis, glabra, and indica, B. M. 1726, are 

 Chinese shrubs, which flower from April to July. 



M. arhutifoUa is a handsome shrub from California, flow- 

 ering in July and August. 



Eriobo^trya japdnica, the Loquat, is a low tree from 

 Japan, flowering in October, and bearing an edible berry or 

 pome. 



The culture of these plants is the same as in Prunus. 



CYDo^m A japdnica, B. M. 622, and speciosa, are hand- 

 some flowering frame-shrubs from Japan ; the first flowers 

 in May and June, and the other all the year. Culture as in 

 Prunus. 



Ro^SA herherifolia, berberry-leaved Rose, a frame shrub 

 from Persia, flowering in June and July. 



R. BdnksicB, Lady Banks's Rose, B. M. 1954, B. R. 397, 

 a Chinese evergreen shrub flowering in June and July, 



R. sinica, three-leaved China Rose, a low frame-shrub 

 from China, flowering from May to July. 



R. semperfldrens, ever-blowing Rose, single and double, 

 B. M. 284, a shrub from China, which in a warm green- 

 house flowers all the year. 



R. Lauranceana, Miss Laurance's Rose, B. M. 1762, 

 B. R. 538, a shrub from the Mauritius, flowering all the 

 year. 



R. odorata, sweet Chinese Rose, flowering from February 

 to August. 



These beautiful shrubs grow in light rich soil, and are in- 

 creased by cuttings of ripened wood in the same soil, with 

 the addition of sand. 



Ru'bus rosdBfolius, rose-leaved Bramble, double and 



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