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These are the best of the shrubby kinds and are easily propagated by 

 cuttings of the stems from six to nine inches long inserted in sandy soil. 

 Stems which have flowered should be cut down to make room forthe young 

 shoots that are thrown up from the root. In this a succession of flower 

 can be had all the year round. These plants are seen to the best 

 advantage when grown close together in beds or groups. 



Clerodendron meter osiphon. Should not be omitted from the 

 number. It is a close growing dwarf shrub producing immense num- 

 bers of white tubular flowers and an excellent plant for many purposes. 



Cryptostcgia grandiflora. Is a African shrub of a rambling nature. 

 The branches are scandent and sparsely leaved. The flowers are large 

 and reddish-purple in colour with a campanulately funnel-shaped corolla. 

 When given good soil and pruned to induce branching it forms a not 

 unsightly shrub; but would be probably at its best as a climber. 

 Propagated from seeds or by cuttings. 



Duranta Plumieri. Is a handsome West Indian shrub, often 

 forming a small tree, with pretty blue flowers borne in great profusion 

 in racemes towards the ends of the branches. The stems are spinose. 

 There is a white variety which is even prettier than the type and 

 when in fruit is laden with amber coloured berries which give it an 

 extremely ornamental appearance. Propagation is by seeds or cuttings 

 of ripe wood. 



Duranta Ellisia. Eesembles Plumieri in habit and foliage. The 

 flowers are white in erect terminal racemes. The fruits are golden 

 yellow and very attractive. 



Erythoxylon coca. The " Coca-leaf" of South America is a shrub 

 recommended for its graceful habit and profusion of small bright 

 scarlet fruits. It is seen to the best advantage when grown as 

 isolated specimens. The seeds germinate freely if sown in shallow 

 pans or pots of light soil. 



Fagrca auriculata. Is a Malay epiphytal shrub with very large 

 funnel-shaped flowers, white when they first open, turning to yellow. 

 The leaves are coriaceous broad, cuneate-oblong, acute, veiny and very 

 large and dark green. An ornamental and striking shrub suited to 

 places where plant room can be afforded. 



Gardenia florida is perhaps the best of the true Gardenias for 

 general garden use. This plant is known to many as the "Cape 

 Jessamine." The flowers are white and very sweet scented and are 

 almost terminal, solitary and sessile. 



There are several other species such as grandiflora, nitida and 

 radicans well worthy of cultivation. They are propagated by cuttings 

 but plants make slow growth when young. 



Galpliimia glauca. Is a neat little Mexican shrub with large 

 terminal racemes of small yellow flowers. It is a change from the 

 usual run of golden shrubs and is well adapted for bed or pot culture. 

 The plant is an upright fair-sized shrub with small leaves. Cuttings 

 of well ripened wood soon root in sandy soil. 



The Hibiscus is a genus of the most useful and ornamental of 

 our Garden shrubs. They are familiar to every one by the name of 



