242 GREEN-HOUSE — REPOTTING. [March. 
Mespilus. See Eryabotrya. 
Metrosidtros, about fifteen species. Many have been added 
to Callistemon. 31. florida, 31. umbclldta, and 31. angusti- 
fblia, C salignum, 0. lanccoldtum, C. scmperjlbrens, C. 
glaiicum, once M. specibsa, and C. formbsum ; these are all 
beautiful plants, with scarlet flowers. Other two beautiful 
species with white flowers have been given to Angophdra. 
A. cordi/blia, once 31. hispida, and A. lanceoldta, once 31. 
costata ; these genera are very easily distinguished from any 
other Australasian shrubs, by the peculiar character of having 
both sides of the leaves alike. The flowers consist of stamens, 
stiles, and anthers, coming in hundreds out of the young 
wood for the length of three or four inches, forming a dense 
cone crowned with a small twig; hence frequently called 
"bottle-brush plant;" leaving capsules in the wood, which 
will keep their seeds perfect for a great number of years. 
They grow freely, and the pots should be well drained. 
(Soil No. 1.) 
Myrsines, Cape Myrtle, dwarf Cape evergreen shrubs covered 
with small flowers from March to May. 31. retiisa has purple 
flowers; M. rotundifblia, flowers white and purple. They 
will grow in any situation, and are of easy culture. (Soil 
No. 1.) 
3/yrtus, Myrtle, is a well-known and popular shrub, espe- 
cially the common varieties, and was a great favourite (even 
to adoration) among the ancients. It was the mark of autho- 
rity for Athenian rulers, and is among the moderns an 
emblem of pre-eminence. They are elegant evergreen shrubs 
with an agreeable odour. 31. communis multiplex, double 
flowering, is a very neat shrub, and flowers abundantly. M. 
communis, feucocdrpa, white-fruited myrtle. 31. itdlica vari- 
egdta, striped-leaved ; 31. itdlica maculdta, blotch-leaved, arc 
very fine shrubs; and 31. tomentbsa, Chinese myrtle, is a 
magnificent erect-growing shrub, with a white down over the 
foliage ; the flowei - s are the largest of the genus. When they 
first expand they are purple, and afterwards change to white, 
so that there are beautiful flowers of several shades of colour 
on the plant. We have not the smallest doubt but this species 
will become, in many instances, as plentiful as the common 
myrtle. It is more easily grown, but cannot stand much ex- 
posure to the sun in summer. 31. tenuifblia is a very fine 
plant, and a native of New South Wales. Myrtles in general 
