BORONIA AND PITTOSPORUM. 
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Another plant of the Pittosporeae order is Bur- 
saria spinosa. This grows as a spinous shrub, fairly 
abundant in all parts, with numerous creamy-white 
small flowers borne in dense panicles, and flowering all 
through the summer. It is sweetly scented and at- 
tracts large numbers of nectar-loving insects, and is 
known as “Sweet Bursaria.” Because it has a 
good show of bloom late in December, it is called in 
many localities the “Christmas bush.” 
This is, strangely, one of the shrubs that improves 
considerably under cultivation. In its native 
habitat, although it flowers profusely and w^ell, it is 
more or less an untidy and irregular shrub or small 
tree. But when planted in a shrubbery, or as a lawn 
specimen, it responds well to the care given to it, and 
becomes a very shapely bush. 
