The Tamarix Gallica grows in great abundance about the Lizard, apparently wild, but it is said to have been brought there from St. Michael’s Mount in the early part of the last century; and St. Michael’s Mount having been long a cell to Mount St. Michael in Normandy, the shrub may very probably have been introduced by the monks. It powerfully resists the sea winds, and grows freely on the banks of earth or sand surrounding inclosures near the shore. The wood is so solid as to sink in water.
The Panicum Dactylon grows on the bank of gravel lying between the sea, and the road leading from Marazion to Penzance.
The Sibthorpia Europæa may be found in great plenty about half a mile inland from thence, in a stream flowing westward by the road near Gulval church town. This plant was named by Linnæus in honour of Humphry
Sibthorpe, M.D. Professor of Botany at Oxford from 1747 to 1784. The hybrid variety or monstrosity of the Antirrhinum Linaria, called Peloria, is said to grow at the foot of Mabe Hill on the old road leading from Helston to Penryn. The Erica Ciliaris has recently been found at Carclew, near Penryn, the seat of Sir Charles Lemon, M.P. for the county.
And many of the cryptogamia flourish in a degree unknown in other countries, among which the magnificent Osmunda Regalis may be selected as a specimen.
A List of Plants that are growing in the open air at Pendarves, most of which have stood several years without protection.
- Agapanthus umbellatus, many years.
- Aristolochia sempervirens, two years.
- Anthyllis Hermannia, three or four years.
- Alvysoa citra odora, several years.
- Acacia armata, two years.
- Aster argophyllus, four years.
- Benthamia pasifera, one year.
- Bocconia cordata, several years.
- Bouvardia triphylla, three or four years.
- Bignonia grandiflora, three years.
- Brugmansia suaveolens (datura arborea,) two years.
- Calceolaria, five or six species.
- Coronilla glauca and valentina, several years.
- Calendula tragus, several years.
- Cineraria populifolia, several years.
- Chrysocoma cernua aurea, several years.
- Collectia spinosa (from Chili), two years.
- Canna indica and bicolor, two years.
- Camellia Japonica, several varieties, two years.
- Capraria lanceolata, two years.
- Cobœa scandens, two years.
- Charlwoodia australis (Dracæna australis) covered in frosty nights last winter with a mat, and is now growing very strong, and is nearly six feet high.
- Clethra arborea, three or four years.
- Daphne odora, five or six years.
- Dolichos lignosus, two years.
- Duvaura undulata and dependens, one and two years.
- Encomus punctata, several years.
- Eriocephalus africanus, five or six years.
- Ericomus fragrans, two years.
- Eriobotrya japonica (loquat), three or four years.
- Echium grandiflorum and glaucophyllum, three or four years.
- Echium nervosum, stem six inches diameter, five feet four inches high, twenty-five feet in circumference, and from thirty to forty spikes of flowers.
- Edwardsia grandiflora, one year.
- —— microphylla, two years.
- Escallonia rubra and montividiensis, two years.
- Fuschia gracilis, nine feet six inches high, circumference forty feet, diameter thirteen feet ten inches.
- Fuschia conica, globosa, coccinea, maxima, apetela, adolphina, robertsia, virgata, &c.
- Gazania rigens, two years.
- Globularia longifolia, two years.
- Gnaphalium ericoides, stœchas, fetidum, four years.
- Geranium, many varieties, four years.
- Hippia frutescens, three or four years.
- Heliotropium corymbosum, two years.
- Hoya carnosa, two years.
- Hypericum monogynum, several years.
- Hydrangea hortensis, six feet six inches high, circumference forty-five feet.
- Justicia adatoda, two years.
- Jasminum revolutum, ten or twelve years.
- Lobelia crinus (rock work), three or four years.
- Lithospermum erubescens, two years.
- Leonitus leonurus, eight feet high, spreading eighteen feet on a low wall, three or four years.
- Melaleuca hypericifolia, five or six years.
- Maurandia Barclayana and semperflorens, two years.
- Melianthus major and coccineus, several years.
- Oxalis, several species.
- Othonna pectinata, two or three years.
- Ornithogalum longibracteatum, two years.
- Psoralea spicata, pinnata, and aculeata.
- Petunia nyctaginiflora, and phœnicia, two years.
- Passiflora cœrulea racemosa, two years.
- Richardia Æthiopica (Calla), many years.
- Salvia cardinalis, grahami, involucrata, &c.
- Saxifraga sarmentosa, several years.
- Thunbergia coccinea (on a wall), three years.
- Tradescantia crassula, three years.
- Teucrium latifolia and frutescens, three years.
- Vergilia Capensis, seven feet three inches high, diameter five feet, two years.
- Vestia lycioides, eight feet high, three years.
- Verbena chamoidryoides and pulchella, two years.
- Polygala speciosa and myrtifolia, three or four years.
- Olea fragrans, ten to twelve years (south wall).
- Physalis edulis, three or four years.
- Diosma ericoides, three to four years.
The Acacia lophantha, dealbata, and several other plants, have been planted out during the last spring, and will probably stand out the winter as well as the above.