between the two; from the former it is readily distinguished by
being much more pubescent, and of more upright growth, and
from the latter by its narrower leaves and much longer spines;
it is a very fine plant when well grown, and is very desirable for
a Greenhouse or Conservatory, making a handsome appearance
when covered with its numerous golden flowers, intermixed
with the bright green leaves, which bear a striking resemblance
to a small bird, from the curious curve of the leaf, and the sharp
mucrone at the point which answers for the bill.
Our drawing was made last Spring from a fine plant in
full bloom, in the select collection of the Comtesse de Vandes,
at Bayswater: it succeeds well in an equal mixture of sandy
loam and peat, and only requires protection from the severest
frost in Winter, succeeding well by the side of a wall in a
sheltered situation, and to be covered by a mat in severe frost;
and it will probably succeed in the open air altogether in the
sheltered parts of Devonshire, South Wales, and Ireland, in
which case it would be a delightful shrub. We have been creditably
informed, that Olea capensis, and several other Cape and
Madeira plants, stand the Winters uninjured, in the open air in
the neighbourhood of Dublin; if that is the case, the New
South Wales plants, and those from Van Diemen’s Island, are
sure to succeed. Young cuttings, planted under bell-glasses in
sand, will root freely.
X. One of the flowers taken out of the head, and rolla. 4. The Ovarium, terminated by the Style and simmplaeg nSitfiigemd.a , 2a. lCl aal ylixtt.l eS .m Caognified.