Ozothamnus
(from ozein, to smell, and thamnos, a shrub; alluding to the odour of the plant). ORD. Compositae. A genus comprising a considerable number of species of greenhouse or nearly hardy, mostly Australian shrubs, rarely sub-shrubs or herbs, now included, by Bentham and Hooker, under Helichrysum. Flower-heads small; involucre oblong, ovoid, or campanulate; inner bracts usually with small, coloured, radiating tips. The species described below thrives in almost any soil, and is readily propagated, in summer, by means of cuttings made of the half-ripened young wood.
O. rosmarinifolius (Rosemary-leaved).* fl.-heads white, in dense corymbs, usually terminating in numerous, small, leafy branches, forming a large, leafy panicle. July. l. linear, mostly obtuse, varying from under 1/2in. to above 1in. long, the margins recurved or revolute. h. (in Australia) 8ft. to 9ft. 1827. A handsome shrub, hardy in the South of England. THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, An Encyclopaedia of Horticulture.