58 NATIVE FLOWERS OF VICTORIA. 
or cultivated. This species makes a most excellent 
hedge, being quick growing and easily kept in bounds 
by pruning and cutting. 
The young plants may be bfted from their sandy 
home at the seacoast, or in the bush, and transplanted 
directly into any well worked garden soil. If shel- 
tered with twigs until they are established, they 
quickly grow, and make themselves quite at home in 
their new habitat. They should be well trimmed, 
and kept within bounds, cutting them back after the 
flowers have dropped in spring. Although hardy, 
this species is very readily attacked by scale insects. 
When that occurs, a spraying with a contact insecti- 
cide, such as weak red-oil emulsion, is necessary. 
The whole of the species of Leptospermums are 
worthy of cultivation ; some have smooth and 
semi-woolly leaves, others have prickly foliage. AU 
the species flower profusely and the bushes are very 
elegant at flowering time. Leptospermum scoparium 
is the low prickly shrub frequently met with in the 
bush; Leptospermum myrsinoides is another prickly 
form; the former is taUer than the latter, and the 
latter is frequently found bearing pink flowers. A 
variety of the form has been found in New Zealand 
with bright scarlet flowers, and it is now being gener- 
ally cultivated in gardens. One of our finest forms 
is a variety of Leptospermum lanigerum called 
grandiflorum.' This variety grows in the Grampians, 
where it frequents the moist spots on the hills and 
mountains. It is not uncommon to find it with 
flowers three-quarters of an inch across. 
Closely allied to Leptospermum is the genus 
Baeckea. The flowers are similar, but generally 
