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Coprosma Baueriana, New Zealand, — The line evergreen foliage 

 of this plant makes it very ornamental on a wall, while the variegated 

 variety, useful in the same position, is one of the prettiest things of 

 its kind. 



Dendromecon rigidum {Bot. Mag. t. 5134), California. — A very 

 choice Papaverad, with numerous yellow flowers 2 inches across, and 

 lance-shaped leaves 2 inches to 4 inches long. It succeeds well on a 

 south wall at Kew, and is one of the many important discoveries of 

 David Douglas. 



Desfontainea spinosa {Bot. Mag. t. 4781), Chile to New Grenada. — 

 With the habit and foliage of a small holly, the flowers are tubular 

 and scarlet with yellow limb. Is described* as hardy, but from my 

 experience I should call it tender. I believe also it dislikes lime in 

 the soil. It does well in Devon, and is a very striking shrub. 



Embothrium coccineum {Bot. Mag. t. 4856), South America. — The 

 orange-scarlet flowers make this one of the finest of shrubs in certain 

 favoured gardens of Devon and Cornwall. There is a good shrub at 

 Kew in one of the bays formed by buttresses of the Temperate House. 

 It is said to succeed in Kent. 



Lagerstroemia indica {Bot. Mag. t. 405), China. — With light 

 green leaves and flowers of lovely pink, this is one of the most 

 beautiful of Chinese trees. I am not aware that it has been tried in 

 Devon and Cornwall, but it deserves attention. It is said to grow 

 with stems of considerable size in Washington, U.S.A. It has 

 flowered on a wall at Ipswich, and succeeds in the shelter of a pine 

 tree in Sir Edmund Lodee's garden in Sussex. 



Magnolia Delavayi {Bot. Mag. t. 8282), Yunnan. — In favoured 

 parts of the country this should be a fine tree. It succeeds well 

 against a wall both at Kew and at Coombe Wood. The leaves are 

 large and persistent, the creamy-white flowers also large, and the tree- 

 is even a rival of the magnificent M. grwndiflora. 



Philadelphus mexicanus, Mexico.— A pretty shrub; in Cambridge 

 safe only in the greenhouse, but hardy in the Isle of Wight. 



Philesia huxifolia, Chile. — It is like a small shrubby Lapageria, 

 and closely allied to it. Will succeed under the s,ame conditions. 

 The same may be said of the rare hybrid between them, Philageria 

 Veitchii. 



Rhododendron. — This magnificent genus cannot be overlooked. In } 

 south-west Cornwall the tenderer Himalayan species do well, and 

 Mr. W. Watson, A.L.S., the Curator at Kew, in his excellent 

 " Ehododendrons and Azaleas," in the "Present Day Gardening" 

 series, gives the following list of those that may be seen there: 

 R. arhoreum, R. Falconeri, R. barbatum, R. campanulatum, R. 

 gmnde, R. Thompsoni, R. Grijfithianum, R. Maddenii, M. campylo- 

 carpum, R. cinnabarinum, R. ciliatum, R. triflorum, R. niveum. 

 This is a valuable list for the use of the experimenter in other parts 

 of the country. It must be remembered that soil without lime is 

 essential. 



