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high, with foliage like a Yew, only light green in colour. It bears great 

 quantities of fruit something like an Olive but smaller. 



GUNNINGHAMIA SINENSIS.— A broad-leaved Fir which grows 

 to 50 feet high ; but in this country, unless it is placed in perfect shelter, 

 the foliage becomes a rusty brown. It is hardly worth growing. 



31 ABLE A PL A TANIFOLIA . — A fine-foliaged shrub of slow growth. 

 Its fine Plane-like leaves render it one of the most effective of dwarf -growing 

 shrubs. It requires shelter. 



TEA CHEL OSPEBM UM J A SMINOIDES (formerly called Bhyn- 

 chospcrmum). — This is an old occupant of our stoves and greenhouses, but 

 it does perfectly well in the open air if planted against a wall, producing 

 in abundance its white sweet-scented Jasmine-like flowers during the 

 summer. 



SPIB+EA CANTONIENSIS is a graceful bushy shrub, something 

 like a Willow in habit, and having white flowers. It is a very quick 

 grower and easily propagated. 



CEDBELA SINENSIS.— The Bastard Cedar. A fast-growing hand- 

 some tree. Its wood has an aromatic scent. 



CABYOPTEBIS MAST A CANTHUS. A free-flowering dwarf shrub 

 of bushy habit. It grows four feet high. The flowers, which are borne on 

 the points of the shoots, are blue. It is valuable on account of its flower- 

 ing very late in the year. 



NANDINA DOMESTICA.—k very pretty shrub which is common 

 both to China and Japan. It has white flowers and berries like Peas. 

 It grows with me five feet high, and is not injured by frost. It is so 

 pretty and distinct in appearance that every one should have it. The 

 flowers are creamy-white. The newer variety, N. purpurea, is a decided 

 acquisition. 



L A GEB S TB OEM I A INDICA ALBA.— An upright-growing de- 

 ciduous shrub, six feet in height, bearing in April spikes of pure-white 

 flowers. fc 



ILLIGIUM BELIGIOSUM.—A neat, compact, dwarf evergreen 

 shrub of a light green colour. The seed is burnt as incense by the 

 Chinese in their temples. It grows two feet high. I have had it planted 

 out in peat, loam, and leaf soil, equal parts, for four years, and it appears 

 to be quite hardy. It bears creamy- white flowers. 



CLEBODENDBON FCE TID UM. — A dwarf shrub bearing large 

 heads of rose-coloured flowers in August. 



LONICEBA FBA GBANTISSIMA . — A spreading bush with light 

 green leaves growing about four feet high and producing white sweet- 

 smelling flowers in March. 



HOLBOELLIA LA TIFOLIA . — A beautiful evergreen climber from 

 China, with large leaves and sweet-scented flowers. 



XANTHOCEBAS SOBBIFOLIA.—A handsome shrub having white 

 flowers blotched with purple, something like those of a Lilac. 



TBA CHYCABP U S EXCELSUS, formerly known as Chamasrops, 



