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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOOIST. 
[ November, 
the growth of so robust a plant as the ordinary Laurel, which it not unfrequently 
outstrips. Notwithstanding the facts I would thus make known regarding its 
merits as a shrub, and the way in which it adapts itself to the exigencies of even 
the most exposed situations, I would not for a moment wish it to be inferred 
that it is unworthy to be placed in a more felicitous position against the wall. 
On the contrary, I do not think there are many plants possessing its peculiar 
characteristics that are likely to please more than Cotoneaster Simonsii in this 
especial location. Besides, against a wall, I believe it will bear berries more 
plentifully, and what is of equal importance, the berries, when ripe, will be likely 
to enjoy greater immunity from the destructive onslaughts of birds, than when 
growing in more exposed situations, where they form a greater attraction to them. 
—William Earley, Valentines. 
ECHEVERIA SCAPHYLLA. 
5[ [POE the opportunity of illustrating this new hybrid Echeveria which was 
raised by M. Deleuil, of Marseilles, we are indebted to Messrs. Carter and 
Co. It is a cross between E. agavoides and E. lingucefolia , and has been 
named E. scaphyllci by the raiser, who describes it as a stout low plant, 
forming a rosette of pale green leaves, of from six to seven inches long, and 
