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which will he useful to those who may be located in or near other large towns. 
There are also numerous designs for beds, with selections of plants for filling 
them, all which will be of great help to many a gardener or amateur taking 
up with this kind of work for the first time. The large illustrations, consisting 
of views in the several parks, are of less importance, and are, moreover, very 
coarse and inferior in their execution. As a whole, however, the book, which 
has been prepared for practical purposes and from a practical point of view, will 
be a useful help to the practical reader concerned in the decorative department 
of gardening.—T. Moore. 
Hymenanthkha crassifolia, showing the habit of growth. 
HYMENANTHERA CRASSIFOLIA. 
NEW hardy white-berried shrub, introduced by Messrs. Veitch and Sons^ 
of Chelsea, to whom we are indebted for the annexed illustrations. We 
take the following descriptive memoranda from Messrs. Veitch’s Catalogue: 
—“ A beautiful hardy evergreen shrub, a native of New Zealand, very 
distinct in all its leading characteristics. It is described by Dr. Masters in the 
Gardeners' Chronicle (1875,237) as a striking shrub, erect or partially procumbent, 
with stiff cylindrical branches, ramifying at acute angles, and covered with an 
ash-coloured, wrinkled rind, thinly beset with whitish strigose hairs. The leaves 
are alternate or tufted, small, leathery, with a few minute whitish scales on both 
sides, rounded or slightly emarginate at the apex, tapering at the base into a very 
short stalk. The flowers are small and unconspicuous, but they are succeeded by 
pure white berries, which render the plant particularly attractive and ornamental 
during the autumn months; it then affords a fine contrast with the Cotoneasters 
and other berry-bearing shrubs.” Dr. Masters adds, It is a welcome addition to 
