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for tlu' <r't'\ white i-rtVct oi tin- tnliiiL'*'. Ttlc 

 |)}ii>nn orientnk' is ])i()stratc' in Imhit, and nmcli 

 icv('iiO)lt's T Iiii|)('rati : neither aic pait iriilailv 

 >h()w\. l)Ut tinwci- late when nio^t other thinLis 



are (>\ei-. 



|)rae()ee))hahnn perejjfrinuni all)uni wa-; a mass 

 of white flowers at the time of m.v visit, and is 

 tlius immensely vahiahU- in larryinji on tlie 

 season. Arenaria juni])erina is most distinct in 

 its stitf spiny .Inniper like hahit very different 

 to the tloppy plant frecpiently seen under this phintinj,^ out in sprinir. 

 name and the sciftK' lnir\- \aiiet\ of tlic Pentstemon |)ii\idsoni\\ 



the entluisiast ic hea<l va'<l«'""'''- Dianthus 

 Coed-y-eoeli and D. hypiioid<'s. not si-en in 

 llower. were recommended. Saponaria lioissier 

 was llomishinj,' with other ^'ood thin<is, and near 

 liy Dianthus \aj_Mnatus and I), neirlect us 

 atroearpum. thou^rh not in tlouci- had all the 

 apiiearance of <ioo<l a I pines. 



IMiloX \'i\ id. so hard to keep in nuiny f.^anlens, 

 is also trouhh-somc at li<Milc\ hut thediftieulty 

 i-< o\ei'conu' l)y jjropajfat inu ilinini: summer and 



tin.' 



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ViKw IN THE Rock Garden, Friar Park, showing Cascade. 

 Waterpools and Steps. 



'■' Golden Aster," Chrysopsis villosa Rutteri, is 

 also dwarf and summer flowering. Viola 

 l)seudo-gracilis was new to me. and looked 

 promising in habit, though not in flower, and a 

 surprise was Merembryanthemum uncinatum. 

 which proves hardy on tlie rocks at Friar Park. 

 Stachys Betonica alba was in full flower, and. 

 though perha))s too robust for a small rock 

 garden, was singularly attractive at the time of 

 my visit. Boykinia major was bearing thick 

 spikes of white flowers over handsome foliage, 

 and seemed at home in a cool moist bay. 

 Wahlenbergia serpyllifolia major is a speciahty 

 at Friar Park, where a particularly good forin 

 is grown, and Saxifraga oppositifolia, Clarke's 

 Seedling, though, of course, not in flower in 

 July, is very much thought of by Mr. Knowles, 



rock garden, and was represented in the frames 

 by a fine batch of young plaiits from cuttings. 

 Mimulus Friar Park is an attractive plant for a 

 cool position, and there is also a specially good 

 form of Primula rosea. 



Tt is hopeless to attonpt to give any adequate 

 account of half the plants grown on the rock 

 garden alone, not to mention trees, shrubs, bog 

 and water ])lants. &c. Any one of the features 

 of Friar Park would tax an abler pen than mine 

 to describe, whether the herbaceous garden, the 

 garden of sweet smells, the lakes, or the indoor 

 garden, and many others. In the Orchid houses 

 are many species quaint and beautiful, and at 

 the time of my visit Dendrobium Sanderae was 

 magnificent. 



One can only marvel at the patience and skill 



