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height, and is very ornamental when /in dower. It should be treatedlike Thymus.

Teiicrium angustifolium Schreb. isan evergreen undershrub, a nativeof Spain, which will grow to theheight of 8 ft. or upwards, and is or-namental when covered with its blueflowers. T. fruticans (figs. 1135,

1136.) is a well-known half-hardyspecies, which will sometimes stand the open air in theneighbourhood of London, for several years in succession,on dry rockwork. T. M drum L. (fig. 113d.),

T. fiavum, T. Polium, and various others AglS.enumerated in the Hortus Britannicus , *being all natives of the south of Europe,or the north of Africa, are half-hardy;or, in the south of England, in warmsituations, in dry soil, quite hardy. T.corymbosum It. Br. is a native of VanDiemen’s Land, which has small leavesand white flowers. It has been raised inthe Cambridge Botanic Garden, where ithas attained the height of 3 ft.

P hBmis fruticosa L., N. Du Ham, 6. t.40., Bot. Mag., 1.1843.,and our fig. 1137.; Jerusalem sage; is a native of Spain,

with yellow flowers, appearing in June and July.This is a greyish evergreen shrub, growing 4 ft.or 5 ft. high, and, indry soils, enduring 10or 12 years, Theflowers are producedin large whorls, andhave a very conspi-cuous appearance.

The plant well meritsa place in collections,on account of theremarkable appear-ance of its foliage, in-dependently altoge-ther of its flowers.

Other ligneous, ever-green, hardy species, with yellow flowers, willbe found mentioned in our Hortus Britannicus.

P. purpurea Smith Spie., 6. t. 3., and our fig. 1138., differs from the pre-ceding sort, in having its flowers of a pale purple colour. Both sorts have apeculiar soapy smell.

Rosmarinus officinalis L., Fl.Graec., 1.1.14., and our fig. 1139., is a well-knownevergreen shrub, a native of the south of Europe, which has been an in-habitant of our gardens since 1548. There are plants of it in different gardensin the neighbourhood of London, which, as bushes in the open border, in 5or 6 years have attained the height of as many feet, and breadth in proportion ;thus forming very handsome evergreen bushes. We may refer in proof ofthis to the Twickenham Botanic Garden, and to the gardens of many smallsuburban villas. In a wild state, the rosemary grows 4 ft. or 5 ft. high; butthere is a variety with broad leaves, which, when trained against a wall, willgrow to the height of 10 ft. or 12 ft. As the plant flowers from January toApril, it forms, when so treated, a very desirable garden ornament. There

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