METR0SIDER05 LANCEOLATA. 
shrub ; which is raised, without difficulty, 
both from cutting* and seed, and has been 
thought to improve by cultivation. It does 
not, however, usually flower, at least in En- 
gland, till about the fifth or sixth year. 
An account of the Metrosideros Lanceola- 
ta, as described by the learned and ingenious 
Dr. Smith, may be seen in the Transadtion* 
•f the Linnaean Society, vol. iii. 
