Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . oothed ; dark shining greenabove, paler beneath and smooth on both surfaces except for a line of downon the midrib above. Flowers in slender racemes i\ to 3 ins. long, icrminat- 2L 00 0 ESCALLONIA ing short, rigid, leafy twigs, the lower flowers solitary in the axils of smallleaves. Petals white, l in. long, spreading at the ends, but erect at the base,and so close together as to form a tube ; calyx quite smooth, fragrant, appearing from June to August. Native of Patagonia ; introduced for Messrs Veitch by Wm. Lobb, in1847. It r
Trees and shrubs, hardy in the British isles . oothed ; dark shining greenabove, paler beneath and smooth on both surfaces except for a line of downon the midrib above. Flowers in slender racemes i\ to 3 ins. long, icrminat- 2L 00 0 ESCALLONIA ing short, rigid, leafy twigs, the lower flowers solitary in the axils of smallleaves. Petals white, l in. long, spreading at the ends, but erect at the base,and so close together as to form a tube ; calyx quite smooth, fragrant, appearing from June to August. Native of Patagonia ; introduced for Messrs Veitch by Wm. Lobb, in1847. It requires a wall in the London district, but in the south and westcounties it thrives excellently as a bush in the open. In the garden ofMrs Chambers, near Haslemere I have seen it covered with blossom. InCo. Wicklow, Ireland, it is 15 ft. high. E. PULVERULENTA, Persoon. (Sweets Flower Garden, t. 310.) An evergreen shrub, 10 to 12 ft. high, with downy, viscid, varnishedbranchlets. Leaves very viscid, oblong, with a rounded end and tapering. EsCALLONIA PHILIPPIANA. base ; 2 to 4 ins. long, | to \\ ins. wide ; finely toothed, bristly hairy on bothsurfaces, the upper one with a varnished appearance. Flowers white, denselycrowded on slender, cylindrical racemes 4 to 9 ins. long, \ to i in. through ;sometimes branched at the base. Native of Chile ; introduced early in the nineteenth century, but nowuncommon. It is not hardy in any but our warmest districts, although incolder ones it may live and thrive for many years on a wall. From all theother white-flowered Escallonias in cultivation this is readily distinguishedby its long slender racemes. (E. revoluta is sometimes grown in gardensunder the name, but is well distinguished by its thick grey down.) E. PUNCTATA, De Candolle. (E. rubra var. punctata, Flooker fil. ; Bot. Mag., t. 6599.) An evergreen bushy shrub, 6 to 10 ft. high, of free, vigorous habit ; youngbranchlets sticky, clothed with down and gland-tipped bristles. Leaves
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