By Mr. John Street. 



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winters without covering, in a border in front of a south wall. 

 Edwardsia microphylla, a plant of New Zealand, lived in a 

 similar situation, but without flowering. Melia Azedarach, 

 from the Levant, lived through the winter. Calycanthus 

 praecox (Chimonanthus fragrans), from Japan, stood against a 

 south wall without any covering. Rubus Rosaefolius, from 

 the Mauritius, planted on the open border under a south wall, 

 flourished. Cistus Algarvensis, C. villosus, C. mutabilis, C. 

 Ledon, and C. Ladaniferus, all natives of the South of 

 Europe, were induced to stand through the winters in dry 

 sheltered spots. Teucrium fruticans, from the South of Eu- 

 rope, lived in front of a south wall. Iberis semperflorens, 

 from Sicily, lived in a warm south border without covering. 

 Hibiscus Syriacus stood the winters tolerably. Hypericum 

 monogynum, from China, and Hypericum Coris, from the 

 South of Europe, lived, the first in an exposed, the latter in a 

 sheltered situation. Passiflora caerulea grew against a south 

 wall without covering, and flowered in the summer. Cupressus 

 Lusitanica lived, and produced seeds against a south wall. 

 Smilax aspera, of the South of Europe, grew well under 

 a south wall several years. Acacia armata, native of New 

 Holland, lived over the winter near a south wall, and produced 

 ripe seeds. 



The following plants having ripened seeds in the open air ; 

 the produce of those seeds, some through successive genera- 

 tions, grew all in the open border, several of them being self- 

 sown. Lopezia racemosa, from Mexico. Veronica decussata, 

 a shrub from the Falkland Islands. Calceolaria pinnata, 

 native of Peru. Pardanthus Chinensis, a bulbous plant. 

 Marica Californica. Persicaria Orientalis. Podalyria Virginica. 



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