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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



may not shoot ; but if it does, nothing is so easy as to rub the shoots off. 

 Grafting is so much easier and quicker than layering, and so much more 

 satisfactory in every way, that I don't see how the two methods can be 

 compared. 



THE INDIAN AZALEAS are most useful for making masses of 

 brilliant colour out of doors : they were kept under glass for years, until 

 they got too big for the houses ; then we tried them out, a few at a time ; 

 and as they were never injured, we have them now in quantity out of 

 doors. They look best when planted in large loose clumps. They flower 

 in May. The following are the names of those we find quite hardy here. 

 Azalea 'Due de Nassau,' A. indica alba, A. 'Criterion,' A. Iveryana, A. 

 ' Stella,' A. 1 Flag of Truce,' .4. 1 Madame de Verschafelt.' The flowers are 

 brighter in colour than when grown under glass. 



MENISPEBMUM CANADENSE. — A deciduous and very curious 

 wall climber. The leaves are blotched with white in a manner so exactly 

 like the droppings of a bird that I was obliged to examine it closely before 

 I was satisfied that this was not the case. 



CUPBESSUS BENTHAMI, a very elegant and fast-growing variety 

 of upright and graceful habit, from Mexico. 



GENISTA PUNGENS, a handsome dwarf Broom. Early in spring 

 it is quite covered with bright yellow flowers. 



IIEDYSABUM MULTIJUGUM.—A straggling growing shrub from 

 Mongolia with Pea-shaped purple flowers. 



FEIJOA SELLOWIANA. — A new fruit tree from Brazil : it has 

 only been lately introduced into our gardens. The fruit is like a small 

 oblong Melon, and has a pulp of a pure-white colour which is deliciously 

 scented, something like a Pine-Apple. The flower is very pretty, the 

 petals white and mauve, and the stamens a brilliant Turkey red. It is 

 nearly five feet high, and has not flowered with me yet. As it does not 

 flower in the South of France till late in the autumn, I should doubt 

 whether it will be of much use here except under glass. 



Of the illustrations not noticed before, 



CUPBESSUS LA WS ONI AN A (fig. 109) is probably the best known 

 and most universally popular conifer in British gardens. It comes from 

 Mount Shasta, and was introduced by Messrs. Lawson in 1854. The 

 plant in the illustration is one of those first sent out, and is now about 

 sixty feet high. 



CUPBESSUS I A WS ONI ANA LUTEA (fig. 110). — A yellow 

 variety of the above, and equally hardy. 



CUPBESSUS MA CB 0 CA BP A LUTEA (fig. 111).— The original 

 comes from Monterey in California ; and this golden variety, from its 

 rapid growth and brilliant yellow colour, is one of the very best of late 

 introductions. Under favourable conditions its growth is so quick that it 

 is liable to become top-heavy and to be blown over by a gale. 



ABIES NORDMA NNIANA (fig. 112). — A most stately Pine from 

 ilic Caucasus, introduced into our gardens about 1848. Although the 

 ) >a i t icular specimen photographed is in perfect health, yet fully ninety 



