between the two; from the former it is readily distinguished by 
being much more pubescent, and of more upright growth, and 
from the latter by its narrower leaves and much longer spines; 
it is a very fine plant when well grown, and is very desirable for 
a Greenhouse or Conservatory, making a handsome appearance 
when covered with its numerous golden flowers, intermixed 
with the bright green leaves, which bear a striking resemblance 
to a small bird, from the curious curve of the leaf, and the sharp 
mucrone at the point which answers for the bill. 
Our drawing was made last Spring from a fine plant in 
full bloom, in the select collection of the Comtesse de Vandes, 
at Bayswater: it succeeds well in an equal mixture of sandy 
loam and peat, and only requires protection from the severest 
frost in Winter, succeeding well by the side of a wall in a 
sheltered situation, and to be covered by a mat in severe frost; 
and it will probably succeed in the open air altogether in the 
sheltered parts of Devonshire, South Waies, and Ireland, in 
which case it would bea delightful shrub. We have been credi- 
tably informed, that Olea capensis, and several other Cape and 
Madeira plants, stand the Winters uninjured, in the open air in 
the neighbourhood of Dublin; if that is the case, the New 
South Wales plants, and those from Van Diemen’s Island, are 
sure to succeed. Young cuttings, planted under bell-glasses in 
sand, will root freely. 
PPLE FP PE PL LS PP PP 
1. One of the flowers taken out of the head, and magnified. 2. Calyx. 3. Co- 
eng 4. The Ovarium, terminated by the Style and simple Stigma, all a little mag- 
nified. 
