ESCALLO'NIA MACRAN'THA. 
LARGE-FLOWERED ESCALLONIA. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
escalloniace^e. 
Order. 
monogynia. 
Native of 
Chiloe. 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Habit. 
3 feet. 
Summer. 
Shrub. 
Introduced 
in 1846. 
No. 1237. 
Escallon is the name of a Spanish traveller, in 
honour of whom this genus was named. 
This, says Sir William Hooker, “ is assuredly 
the handsomest of all the species of Escallonia known 
to us.’ It is, doubtless, a fine species, and if it 
prove as hardy as some others of its genus, will be a 
great acquisition to the flower garden. Mr. Smith, 
of the Royal Gardens, is cautious in his assertions, 
as to perfect hardiness, and not having had experi- 
ence ourselves regarding the plant, we will give our 
readers the benefit of his words. He says, “Coming 
from South Chili, we expect it will prove as hardy 
as the several species of the genus already known 
in this country. Although none of them will bear the 
very low temperature, to which this climate is occa- 
sionally subject; yet, if planted against a wall, in a 
warm sheltered place, with the precaution to pro- 
tect them with a mat, and a layer of dry leaves or 
fern over the roots, during frost, they may be pre- 
served through our ordinary winters.” 
Escallonia rubra— a miniature likeness of the 
handsome species under notice, we have found to 
succeed in a dry, sheltered, border. 
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