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piana, introduced by Pearce in 1873 and named by Masters after 

 the late Professor E. A. Philippi, the distinguished veteran Chihan 

 botanist, forms a neat httle bush, and is a useful plant in gardens, 

 as it produces its white flowers late in the summer (fig. 26). It is 

 also worthy of note that this species and E. macrantha, from the 

 island of Chiloe, are the parents of the beautiful E. x langleyensis, 

 which was raised by Seden at Messrs. Veitch's Langley nursery. The 

 hybrid is perfectly hardy, and produces elegant sprays of pink blossom, 

 and should be more widely planted. Several other South American 

 species of Escallonia are grown at Kew which require protection during 

 the winter, but are excellent subjects for cultivation in the west 

 and south-west of these islands. A very beautiful shrub, but not 

 always easy of culture, is Eucryphia pinnatifolia, also an introduction 

 of Messrs. Yeitch (fig. 27). At Kew it thrives in a peaty soil with the 

 protection afforded by planting it among heaths. The plant has been 

 placed by botanists in several natural orders, including Saxifragaceae, 

 Hypericineae, and Rosaceae. A plant deserving of especial mention 

 from its beauty in leaf, flower, and fruit is Pernettya mucronata (fig. 

 28), a native of the Magellanic region. It is no doubt most ornamental 

 when loaded with its white, pink, or red berries in the autumn, and is 

 a valuable dwarf shrub for planting in large patches. One of the 

 most curious evergreen shrubs from Chile is Fahiana imhricata, a 

 heath-like member of the Solanaceae, introduced as long ago as 1838. 

 It is not perfectly hai'-dy, but in the Cambridge Botanic Garden a fine 

 specimen has lived out of doors against one of the houses for many 

 years, and produces masses of trumpet-like flowers every summer. 

 Other South American shrubs which may be mentioned are Desfon- 

 tainea spinosa, interesting from the close similarity of its leaves to 

 those of the common holly, and Tricuspidaria dependens, both of which 

 are hardy in some parts of England and Ireland. 



Turning now to climbing and wall plants, we find that most of 

 the South American introductions are subjects for the cool green- 

 house. One of the most striking and beautiful is the Solanaceous plant 

 Streptosolen Jamesom, which in the gardens of the Eiviera and Algeria 

 forms gorgeous masses of orange-red colour on the walls and houses. 

 It was discovered by Lobb in 1847 in Northern Peru at an elevation of 

 six thousand feet, and named after W. Jameson, who lived at Quito for 

 many years and contributed very largely to our knowledge of the flora 

 of North Peru and Ecuador. The plant was lost- to cultivation 

 soon after its first introduction, but it was re-introduced in 1882. 

 Many of our most beautiful greenhouse climbers, belonging to the 

 genera S tig maphy lion, Malpighia, Tacsonia, Tecoma, and Tihouchina, 

 are natives of the warmer parts of South America. Some of our species 

 of Ahutilon have been brought from Chile, and to this region we owe 

 Lapagerda, Bomarea, and Alstroemeria. The well-known Lapa- 

 geria rosea was introduced by Mr. Eichard Wheelwright, who sent 

 plants home to Kew in 1847, but the white variety did not reach this 

 country until 1860. 



