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THE GARDENERS* MAGAZINE. 
Septembkb 13, l;. 
OLEARIA NITIDA. 
This promises to be one of the best of 
the New Zealand daisy-bushes, and to rival 
the most attractive species when it attains 
a large size. Olearia nitida was introduced 
into this country from New Zealand in 
1886. Though an extremely handsome 
shrub, it is, curiously enough, but rarely 
met with in gardens at the present time, 
although such species as O. Haasti, O. 
stellulata (often misnamed O. Gunni, which 
west. As will be seen, it is a very attrac¬ 
tive object when in full bloom. The small, 
white, hawthorn-like blossoms are about 
half an inch in diameter, and are borne 
so profusely on loose, branching racemes 
that, as shown in the illustration, they en¬ 
tirely hide the foliage. The leaves are 
leathery in texture, three inches in length 
and two inches in breadth, deep green on 
the upper surface and silvery-white on the 
OLEARIA NITIDA. 
One cf the finest of this useful group of New Zealand shrubs. 
is quite a distinct species), and (). macro- 
donta, are fairly common. In its native 
country Olearia nitida is said to reach the 
size of a small tree, and to grow at an ele¬ 
vation of about 4,000 feet. It is, there¬ 
fore, probably as hardy as O. Haasti, which 
IS found at the same altitude, and hardier 
than O. stellulata, which is a tender 
shrub, but as the number of plants of 
this species grown in the open in this coun¬ 
try is decidedly limited, this is, at the pre¬ 
sent, rather a matter of conjecture. 
The specimen portrayed in the accom¬ 
panying illustration is seven feet in height, 
with a rather greater branch-spread, and 
it has been exposed to ten degrees of frost, 
but, although entirely unprotected, not a 
leaf or shoot has been injured. It is the 
largest example known to me in the south- 
underside. The flowers were borne in such 
abundance that when the Avithered bloom- 
clusters were cut off they filleel three bushel 
baskets, showing the enormous number of 
blossoms that the shrub carried. It blooms 
in a small state, the plant illustrated when 
only a foot high carrying three flower 
racemes. Wy.ndham Fitzherbert. 
Kings wear. 
Hypericum calycinum. — This 
the St. John’s Wort or Rose of Sharon, is one 
of the commonest yet at the same time one 
of the very finest of all the hypericums. It 
is of dense growth, and forms a mass of 
handsome leafage, while the comparatively 
large golden.yellow blossoms are borne in 
great profusion. Another point in its 
favour is that it will grow on dry banks 
under the shade of trees.—W. T. 
A NOBLE TULIP TREE. 
Of the several charming approa. r.' 
he ancient and highly picturZ,,, , , 
town of Hoisham, pride of plaTe n.a' 
be given to that portion of .. 
leading from the railway station for , 
one-sixth part of a mile, in do-.. 
niity to the eastern side of Horshai, ’l' 
and ending in the spacious Carfax 
portion of the highway, excepting r 
two ends, is immune from the pr. \ ■ 
of dwelling houses, with the eirew • 
the mansion of Horsham Park, th< i,-, 
seat of the Hurst familv the prcM-nt ,i 
being R. H. Hurst, Es^., who.'^e lu, 
comprises some hundreds of acu * ,u 
parish of Horsham. 
Leaving the railway station, aip] : 
ceeding toAvaids the town by way of .\i 
Street, the visitor is immediately, vn 
right, confronted by a group o’f ai. 
detached cottages, Avitli spacious front. 
dens, backed by tall old Engli.sh elms.’- 
cipally the abode of rooks; and th... 
tages might well belong to some old-w. 
village. Additional evidence of th.* .i; 
quity of Horsham is fiirnish«Hl In 
irregular lines and picturesque cliiiir; 
of an old and commodious house on 
left, which is now arranged in tlirn* r. 
ments, but still affords an interestin.: 
ample of sixteenth-centurv architoi 
The road skirts the ivy-capjxd waK 
Horsham Park, and between the roail v 
the six-feet flagged footway there > 
broad stretch of turf, which in its m d 
part has a breadth of twenty yank 
The mansion of Horsham Park is j i' 
on the way, and the magnificent tulij* '■ 
(Liriodendron tulipifera), which forni> < 
of the most noteworthy of the arinr. 
features of the park, is seen in c1om> yu 
mity to the long carriage drive, and ini:' 
diately opposite to the east facade 
sixteenth - century stone - built man' 
Here its enormous proportions at • ’ 
arrest the attention of even the ni* '- 
observant of the passer.s-l)y, and •> 
is it attractive when its mvriad.s of n<'«' 
croAvd its branches. There appears i'\ 
no record of this magnificent veteran, 
it is assumed that it was planted ^ 
mansion Avas built. If plante<l thus 
it is one of the oldest specimens m f 
land. It is a matter of interest 
the famous gardens of LeonardsI^', 
residence of Sir Edmund Lo<ler. tn-r' 
a sj>ecimen which also ranks higl* 
the more remarkable examples of 
tree in this countiy. 
The Horsham Park siicoimon 
a height exceeding ICCft., and t ^ 
at 4ft. from the ground has ^ 
fcrence of Kift. Not oiilv has tn.'i 
reached a great height and 
large diameter, but the 
markable for their splendid <le'e<'. ^ 
It will lie seen from the illustration ^ 
accompanies tliesA^ notes that . 
spreading branches extend 
top to Avithin a short distame ^ 
ground, the great masses j 
green foliage producing a gloru , 
The deeply corrugated K^^k 
attractiA^e feature of this • 
North America. Another 
terest has been the annual se^ 
specimen for many years r 
persistency with which the 
retained during the aa inter ' 
ing into consideration the ” 
tions to AA'hioli, under faA Oura ^ 
as in this case, the tree air- '' 
tilde of the ciirioiisly-<'id 1^* ^ 
charm of the quietly-ccJour^ 
may be averred that no o J 
timber tree that has x t^lip 
England can compare Avith tne 
