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height, and is very ornamental when ,in flower. It should be treated >like Thymus .

Teuerium angustifblium 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. Mdrum L. (fig. 1134.),

T. fldvum, T. 'Pblium, and various othersenumerated 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.corymbbsum R. 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 hlomisfruticbsa L., N. Du Ham, 6. t.40., Bot. Mag., 1.1843.,and our fig. 1137.; Jerusalem sage; is a native of Spain , 1136

with yellow flowers, appearing in June and July.This is a greyish evergreen shrub, growing 4 ft.

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or 5 ft. high, and, in“V dry so ^ s ’ enduring 10

or 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-dependency altoge- 1ther of its flowers.

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green, hardy species, with yellow flowers, willbe found mentioned in our Hortus Britannicus.

P. purpurea Smith Spic., 6. t. 3., and over fig. 1138., differs from the pre-ceding sort, in having its flowers of a pale prn’ple colour. Both sorts have apeculiar soapy smell.

R osmarinus officinalis L., Fl.Graec., 1.1.14., and ourj^g. 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 10ft. or 12ft. As the plant flowers from January toApril, it forms, when so treated, a very desirable garden ornament. There

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