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PAXTON'S FLO WEE GARDEN. 



Swammerdamia glomeeata. Rcioul. An insignificant evergreen half -hardy New 

 Zealand bush, with small clusters of white flowers. Belongs to Composites. Flowers in 

 the spring. (Fig. 185.) 



This is a slender straggling naked-branched bush, with a few roundish leaves that are white with down on the under- 

 side, and a dull green, or wine-purple on the upper. According to Kaoul it is found on the shore at Akaroa, in New 

 Zealand, where it forms a bush two or three yards high. In this country it gives no sign of acquiring such a stature, but 

 appears to be only suited for trailing over rock-work in places where the climate is mild enough for it. As an in-door 

 plant it is not worth keeping. 



Ligustrum japonicum. Thunberg, A hardy evergreen shrub with white flowers, belong- 

 ing to the Order of Oliveworts [Oleaced). Native of Japan. Blossoms in July. (Fig. 186.) 



A handsome bush, free from hairs in every part. Its leaves are oval, acute, flat, leathery, scarcely shining. The 

 flowers are white, in loose straggling panicles. The calyxes are almost 

 truncate, much shorter than the cylindrical tube of the corolla, beyond 

 which the stamens project. It is very distinct from L. lucidum, forming 

 a much dwarfer bush, with flatter smaller leaves, and thinner panicles of 

 flowers. It is a good addition to hardy evergreen shrubs, for which we 

 have to thank Dr. V. Siebold. 



