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grows high up on the hills amongst Hypericums and the Tree 
Heaths. 
The Canary Thrifts (Statice) are mostly confined to the 
rocky coasts. They are sometimes shrubby, and attaining, as in 
S. arbor ea, a height of 6 feet. A plant of this species exhibited 
before the Eoyal Horticultural Society in 1842 was so handsome 
a specimen, and covered with such wealth of flowers, that it was 
awarded a gold medal. The Botanical Magazine, t. 3776, 
recorded this as " an unusual mark of distinction." There are 
at least half a dozen species yet to be introduced to this country. 
The Canary Laurestine {Vihurnum rigidum), growing in its 
native woods up to 6 feet high, is familiar in this country. It 
has large heads of white flowers with red stigmas. The Canary 
Ivy (strangely enough also called in this country Irish Ivy), 
Heeler a Helix var. canariensis, I saw truly wild in the Barranco 
de la Virgen in Grand Canary. It grew on rocks in large quantity. 
The leaves were not so large as usually seen under cultivation. 
There are two sections of Cinerarias or ornamental Groundsels 
found in the islands — the shrubby and the herbaceous. Cineraria 
Hcritieri and C. loopulifolia with white tomentose leaves are 
shrubby ; while G. cruenta, with green leaves, purple underneath, 
is an annual. These are regularly grown at Kew. The latter is 
a most graceful plant, and it has recently attracted a good deal 
of attention as the parent of the cultivated Cinerarias of gardens. 
The Colt's-foot Cineraria (C. tussilaginis) is apparently not in 
cultivation. It is also herbaceous. Belonging to the same 
natural order are the Sow-thistles (Sonchiis), of which sixteen 
species are found in the Canaries. Many are distinctly 
arboreous, with stems 4 to 5 feet high. From their size and 
peculiarity of form they constitute striking features in the land- 
scape. Sonchus radicatus has deeply lyratc leaves and large 
bright yellow flowers. S. leptocephalus, with finely cut leaves, 
is just coming into flower at Kew. Scnecio Kleinia has the 
habit of a miniature Dragon tree. 
Several species of CJirysantheiimm cultivated in this country 
and on the Continent, under the name of IMargucrites, or Paris 
Daisies, liave been derived from the Canary Islands. One of the 
jjiosi familiar of these is the white-flowered C. frutcscens, of 
which there are some yellow-flowered varieties, such as flaviduvi 
and chrijtiatitcr, also known as " Etoile d'Or." A species with 
