FEBRUARY. 
33 
EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM. 
(Plate 135.) 
We have much pleasure in being enabled to furnish our readers 
this month with a faithful representation of this truly beautiful 
evergreen ProteacL In the “Botanical Magazine,” t. 4856, Sir. 
Wm. Hooker says : “ Abundant as are the Proteaceae in the 
southern hemisphere, in Africa and Australia, they are of com¬ 
paratively rare occurrence in the Indian Islands and in South 
America. The genus Embothrium, however, as limited by 
Brown, the great authority in this natural family, is confined to 
the latter country, and chiefly to the very high southern latitudes; 
E. lanceolatum of Ruiz and Pavon being not found north of 
Concepcion, while our present beautiful species is chiefly confined 
to the Straits of Magellan and Terra del Fuego, not, hoAvever, 
reaching to Cape Horn. It might be expected, then, as it proves, 
to be quite hardy in this country, to which it was introduced by 
Messrs. Veitch, through their collector, Mr. Wm. Lobb.” We 
may add, that to its value as an evergreen shrub in a decorative 
point of view, it is during the summer season ornamented with 
numerous racemes of the richest scarlet flowers. ' A splendid 
plant of it was exhihited by Messrs. Veitch at one of the great 
Garden meetings of the Horticultural Society. It has been found 
to stand the severity of the last five winters in the open air in 
Devonshire without the slightest protection. The habit is good, 
and being a free bloomer, it cannot fail to be universally admired. 
The plant from which our figure was taken was shown at the 
great exhibitions at the Crystal Palace, where on two occasions it 
was awarded prizes; and similar distinctions were also conferred 
upon it by the Horticultural Society. Further comment on its 
merits is therefore superfluous. 
PROGRESS OP HORTICULTURE IN 1857. 
[Continued from page 8.) 
Scotland .—In our last we could only allude very briefly to Scotland, 
for want of information; since then our correspondents have given us 
satisfactory evidence that the march of improvement in connection with 
gardening has been even more decided than in England ; several 
entirely new gardens are being formed, while the extensions and altera¬ 
tions to existing places are numerous, some of which are on an extensive 
scale. In the fruit-growing department, including orchard-houses, 
great works are in progress, a fact we are pleased to record, for it was 
more especially in this department that we have considered the Scottish 
gardens deficient compared with English ones. No doubt the want of 
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