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species of all. It has crimson flowers, with long projecting stamens, 

 wreathing the branches and suggesting to many the genus Fuchsia. 

 It is hardy, but only in a warm corner can it do justice to itself, so far 

 as I have observed. At Hampton Court some years ago there was a 

 beautiful specimen on a wall, and it amply justified the position. 



Romneya Coulteri, California. — Must have a considerable degree of 

 hardiness. Here planted against the wall of stove is perfectly safe, 

 and can be made to flower splendidly. It is liable to be too much 

 crowded with growth and to require thinning. 



Rosa hracteata, China. — very fine Eose, usually regarded as 

 requiring a wall, which it well deserves. Here it does not do well, and 

 I suspect is too much sheltered from rain. R. Banksiae, China. — 

 Described by Lindley as the most elegant of the genus ; this Eose in 

 its double and best yellow form demands a place in every garden. It 

 will do well on the wall oi a house, and where I have it I do not 

 think it has ever been injured by winter cold. When in growth spring 

 frosts may do harm. 



Salvia Grahami, Mexico. — Has succeeded well for many years 

 against a wall at Cambridge. 



Solanum crispum, Chile. — A shrub with very potato-like flowers, 

 but quite ornamental. At Cambridge it needs only a wall. 



Thunhergia natalensis, South Africa. — Though described as a 

 climber, this, as it grows in Cambridge, has precisely the habit of 

 Fuchsia, dying down the same way in winter. It grows about 2 feet 

 high and bears numerous flowers of delicate lilac colour with yellow 

 eye. An experiment showed some years ago that it would grow and 

 flourish in the narrow border of the Cool Fern House (fig. 68). 



Tmchy carpus excelsa {— Chamaerops Fortunei), India, China, and 

 Japan. — A well-known Palm, readily grown in the open in Devon 

 and Cornwall. Here it is doing well in an angle formed by the Palm 

 House and Aquarium. 



Tncuspidaria Hooheri {Bot. Mag. t. 7160), Chile. — A very 

 beautiful plant, with red, somewhat globular, flowers. Has withstood 

 17° of frost, but evidently requires a more genial climate than that 

 of Cambridge. 



Umhellularia calif ornica. — Under this name we now find the old 

 Oreodaphne calif ornica. It requires no more than the protection of 

 a wall. Its strong smell is said to cause headache, but the Spanish- 

 Americans use the leaves as a condiment. It is a handsome evergreen, 

 and among other names is known as the ' Sassafras Laurel.' 



Veronica. — The borders against the Temperate House and Cool 

 Fern House, and sheltered by them, are devoted to a collection of the 

 New Zealand species of this genus. All are more or less shrubby, 

 and thus stand in remarkable contrast to European species. It 

 would be impossible to enumerate them all, but attention may be 

 drawn to : 



V. amplexicaiilis , erect or decumbent, 1 to 2 feet high, with 

 leathery sessile leaves and sessile white flowers in short spikes. 



