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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MUEHLENBECKIA COMPLEX A. —A twining climber from New 

 Zealand with foliage very distinct both in shape and colour. It forms a 

 dense prostrate bush, the flowers small, fruit transparent and waxlike. 



PSEUDOPANAX CRASSIFOLIUM.—A New Zealand shrub with 

 thick fleshy leaves twenty inches long and half an inch broad, dark green 

 in colour, with a midrib of bright orange. 



DACBYDIUM FRA NKLIXIL — The Huon Pine of Tasmania, a 

 tree of pendent spreading habit with foliage of a dull green colour and 

 very distinct appearance. It is said to grow to 100 feet in its native 

 place. 



DACBYDIUM CUPBESSINUM requires a sheltered situation. 

 From California I have about a dozen plants ; a very handsome one is 

 Castanopsis chrysophylla, the Golden Chestnut : it grows thirty feet high 

 in the Cascade Mountains ; with me it is rather a spreading bush, the ovate 

 leaves are light green above, and the under sides are covered with bright 

 yellow powder. Plant it if possible on a height, so that you can see the 

 colour of the under leaf. 



U MB ELL U LABI A CALIFOBNICA.—A very nice evergreen, 

 valuable both for the beauty of its leaves and for their fragrance ; when 

 bruised they emit a most aromatic and powerful perfume. 



BEBBEBIS FBEMONTIL— From the Southern States of America. 

 A hardy evergreen shrub of very neat habit and delicate appearance. 

 The leaves are of a glaucous blue colour : it is one of the handsomest 

 and most distinct of the Berberis. It requires a light peaty soil, and it 

 has but one fault- — it is a terribly slow grower. 



ABIES CONCOLOB, var. ABIZOXICA.— This is the latest in- 

 troduction of the Abies. The bark is exactly like a Cork tree, but whiter 

 in colour. The plants are so small one cannot say much -about them as 

 yet, but they appear like Abies concolor violacea. (Fig. 107.) 



PINUS TUBEBCULATA. — A most singular Pine: it produces 

 cones in clusters along the main trunk, as well as on the branches, and 

 they remain on the tree for years before dropping. The foliage is bright 

 green and six inches in length. 



CEANOTHUS CUNEATUS, from California, is a fast-growing 

 shrub with small light-green leaves and clusters of pale blue flowers. It 



grows eight feet high. 



CEANOTHUS AZUBEUS.— From Mexico. Flowers early in 

 sui inner. Height nine feet. 



CEANOTHUS GEO I BE DE VEBSAILLES is a very fine 

 variety. 



/ / ETEBOMELES ABB U TIFOLIA . — A synonym for Pliotinia, 

 the Californian Maybush. A handsome small-growing evergreen with 

 serrated leaves ; flowers white, petioles and young branches bright red. 



NUTTALLIA CEBASIFOBMIS.— The earliest plant in thejgarden. 

 In February, often in deep snow, it begins to show its delicate pale green 

 Leaves. The flowers are small and white. It is very hardy, and will 

 succeed in almost any soil or position. 



