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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.

PART III,

cinnamon tree, is a native of the Island of Ceylon , and other parts of the East; audit has been in.troduced into South America , and the Isle of France, where it is cultivated for the bark. It is com-monly considered as a stove plant, but it has ripened seeds in the conservatory of M. Boursault, atParis , from which young plants have been raised, in 1827,'1828, and 1829, and these plants have stoodthe winter in the open air there for several years, with very little protection. It well deserves a trial,therefore, against a conservative wall, in British gardens.

C. Cdssia D. Don; Zatirus C&ssia Z. ; Z. Cinnambmum Bot. Rep.; JPdrsea Cassia Spr. ; theWild Cinnamon, Bot. Rep., t. 596., which is a native of Ceylon , where it grows to the height of 50 ft. or60 ft, with large spreading branches, is thought to be nothing more than C. vferum in a wild state.

Other ligneous plants belonging to this order , natives of Japan, Mexico, the Cape of Good Hope ,and of New South Wales , and usually kept in green-houses, will be found enumerated in our HortusBritannicus. Most of them, we have no doubt, could make a much better appearance against a fluedconservative wall, than ever they can do in a house.

CHAP. XCIV.

OF THE HALF-HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS BELONGING TO THEORDER PROTEA'CRAS.

All the plants of this order are ligneous ; and, with very few exceptions, are natives of Australia ,and the Cape of Good Hope . Many species have been introduced, belonging to upwards of 30

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genera; and, doubtless, there are a great number of these, particularly the natives of New Holland,which would stand the winters of the climate of London against a conservative wall.

Bdnksia. littorulis R.‘Br. is a native of New Holland, where it formsa bush 8 ft. high, A plant stood against a wall in the HorticulturalSociety’s Garden, from 1832 till it was killed by the severe spring of1836.

B. oblongifblia Cav., Bot. Cab., 241., stood out with’ us at Bayswaterfor four years, but was killed in the spring of 1836.

Gremlle a r osmarinifolia Cun. (jig. 1176.) is a very elegant plant, anative of New South Wales , where it grows to the height of 4 ft. or5 ft. A plant has stood out in front of the stove at Kew, since 1826,flowering freely every year.

G. acuminhta R. Br. ( Jigs. 1177, 1178.) is also a native of New SouthWales , and is considered equally hardy with G. rosmarinifblia.

Hhke a aciculdris R. Br., Vent. Malm., 3. ; H. suavttolens R. Br.;and H. pueionifbrmis R. Br., Bot. Cab., 353., and our Jig.1179. ; havestood out in the Horticultural Society’s Garden since 1832.

It is probable that most of the species belonging to this order areequally hardy with those above enumerated; and we should haveno hesitation in asserting that, against a flued wall, with straw hur-dles to be set against it during severe weather, and taken off for anhour or more every fine day, all the Prot ehcece might be exhibited inthe climate of London in greater vigour and beauty than they are intheir native country. This may be thought a bold assertion; but, asit holds good in the case of Zrica and Pelargdnium, we see no reasonwhy, if the same care were applied, the same should not follow in thecase of all the plants of this very interesting order.

CHAP. XCV.

OF THE HARDY LIGNEOUS PLANTS OF THE ORDER rHYMELA'CE-ffi.

These belong to two genera, Daphne L. and Dirca L,, which have thefollowing characters: —