METROSIDEROS LANCEOLATA. 
annexed print, spring from the stem at consi- 
-derable distances, and have most of them at- 
tendant leaves, so as to wear a quite different 
aspedl. 
Mr, Curtis describes it as an evergreen 
shrub, growing from the height of from four 
to six or more feet. He observes, that it's 
leaves on the old wood feel very harsh or ri- 
gid to the touch ; and, when bruised, give 
forth an agreeable fragrance. The flowers, 
he adds, grow in spikes on the tops of the 
branches, and ow^e their beauty wholly to the 
brilliant colour of the filaments. 
To this we may add that, in it*s native 
clime, it grows to about five feet in height ; 
flowers in December; and is found to thrive 
best in a marshy soil. It is highly melliferous, 
so as even to be clammy to the touch ; but the 
bloom is without fracrrance. 
o 
X Many gardens in England, and most of the 
. nurseries in the vicinity of the metropolis, 
now boast the possession of this beautiful 
^■^xttLiiii: shrub ; 
