RlSIl CiAUDKNlNG 



Notes from Roslrevor. 



IIlDKIlIlU llKAim. iMlirV.d t<> lollir llwlll Austnilill, 



j.- u littlf slinil) uitli llfiitli-likt' li>iivfs and of soino- 

 wliat piostrato habit, wliich in spring is sinotlKMcd 



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Poi-riA'S r.KMCHOSA IX THE ATiBOniCTlM , Gj-ASNIVIN . 



ill masses of small, bright yellow flowers. It has 

 lived here at the -foot of a wall for some twelve years 

 unhurt by weather. Prostanthera violacea, also from 

 Australia, evergreen scented foliage, is now display- 



iiiy pitlty purpK' hlossoJiis and is a dcsirublii iiprii-dit 

 siH'cii's lor u favoured furiier. The plant sonietiniOK 

 seen ill ;^ro<,-nhoiisi's undi-r tiiu luiiiu' of Gctiislu 

 (IrijauM is. 1 think, more pixtperly CijtinuH fraijiuini 

 (lr(jaiii<; it has been outside liere for many yews 

 ayainst a wall, whore it fills a space twelve feet 

 iiioad and us mneh hi^di, slandiny out nearly nine 

 leet from the wiUl and overtopping,' it. It is 

 (juite beautiful in spring, with grey-green trefoil 

 leaves eowred with minute silky white liairs, hn<l 

 decked with very numerous sweet smelling bunches 

 of golden, pea-like flowers. Among the most con- 

 sj.icuous shrul)s out at this s<'ason is the well known 

 J'.iiiliolhiiuni cuciineian ; one specimen rec^-ivixl in 

 181)2 has reached to tree-like dimensions; another 

 raised from s<.'ed is tinged with vivid orange instead 

 of the usual scarlet. Two good Veronicas, which 

 seem to be well suited to rock gardens, deserve a 

 passing notice: W , ciucrca, a trailing carpeting 

 species with light grey foliage and i)lue flowers; I'. 

 J'tiirfi chili, possilily a liyiirid l)etweeii l'. hiraudiaua 

 and I'. Indkcanu, with leaf and liabit resembling the 

 former and inflorescence similar to the latter. At 

 flrst sight Corukia CotoncaHtcr might be mistaken for 

 I'HtoHporuin riijidum, but they now look very 

 diff<'rent, the Corokia being covered with masses of 

 yellow star-like l)loom, the I'ittosporum bearing 

 minute dark )>un)le flowerlets studded singly along 

 the branchlets. PittospoTum eiiyenioidcs is a large 

 shrub, almost a tree, desirable for its dark, olive- 

 coloured, glistening foliage and for its scented yellow- 

 flower; the variegated form is equally attractive. li. 

 (iriffithianum is now magnificent, with large, white, 

 trumpet-shaiJed bells, like great Lilies, in loose 

 trusses; li. Lijidhiii, sweet scented, white, with a 

 very distinct red-brown calj'x; R. oreotrephcs, a re- 

 cent introduction from the Far T^ast, delicate pale rose 

 leaves glaucous; li. Keysii, unlike the rest of the 

 genus with red and yellow tube-shaped flowers, li, 

 sjihuranihum, from Yunnan, is a dwarf species with 

 aromatic leaves and small round, rosy-pink trusses; 

 11. verrucidosum, from West Szechuan, and the still 

 more dwarf R. faHfigiatum from Yunnan, both blue- 

 puiple, are floriferous and charming at this time. 

 These three have been lately imported to this 

 rountrv. li. HcrpyUijolinin, from Japan, is another 

 dwarf suited to rock work, pink l)ells, tiny leaves, 

 forming a eounKiet sturdy litflV liusli. '2 feet high, and 

 U'ore through. 



Ir'iH xtiniana, t]u> well known "' .Moui'iiiiig Iris." 

 and /. bract cdid, light buff, netted brown, are now 

 in bloom; uilso their allies, Honiciia collina and 

 '■'Mora'a Hpathacca, introduced by Mr. Elwes, which 

 seems superior and somewhat different to the plant 

 known in some gardens as Dictes Huiioni (given in 



==' Two quite distinct plants have been called 

 Morsea spathacea in gardens. The smaller of these, 

 with narrow yellow segments striped with violet, is 

 Dietefi Hntloni, ITook. f. figured in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6174, and is now properly called MoriKa Huiioni, 

 C. IT. Wright. The other species, alluded to above, 

 with broad, clear yt^How segments, marked with a 

 pale buff blotch on their claws, is Monra cpathaccn, 

 Ker, and a very much finer garden plant. — Ed., I. G. 



