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| | |E. philippiana. It has | | |small, dark-green leaves, | | |and an abundance of | | |brightly coloured flowers. | | |A good shrub. | | | E. montevidensis |Montevideo |White |Grows from 8 to 10 feet (Syn. E. | | |high, and bears its floribunda) | | |clusters of white flowers | | |in great profusion. It is | | |too tender for planting | | |except in the extreme West | | |of England and in Ireland. | | | *E. philippiana |Valdivia |White; |Will succeed as a bush in | |Summer |the neighbourhood of | | |London, where its small | | |white flowers are borne in | | |the greatest profusion. | | | E. punctata |Chili |Deep red; |A much-branched evergreen | |July |shrub 5 to 6 feet high. | | | E. rubra |Chili |Red; |Differs from the last in | |Summer |the absence of spots on the | |and early |young leaves, in the | |Autumn |flowers being rather | | |lighter in colour, and | | |borne for a longer period. -------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------- [Illustration: _ESCALLONIA PHILIPPIANA (Kew)._] -------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------- | COUNTRY OR | COLOUR | NAME | ORIGIN AND | AND | GENERAL REMARKS. | NATURAL ORDER. | SEASON. | -------------------+----------------+----------+--------------------------- |
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