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H. aureuin is also a remarkable species, for its 

 curious peeling bark, its glaucous foliage, and 

 for the great profusion of bright flowers, each 

 with innumerable golden stamens that form a 

 large dense tuft, nearly covering the petals ; 

 H. mysurense has lived out here, but it seems 

 tender and is scarcely to be relied on. Of the 

 Hydrangeas it may be sufticient to mention 

 H. aspera, H. cinerea, H. Bretschneideri, a fine 

 tall, almost tree-like shrub ; H. virens, with 

 small party-coloured foliage, green, white and 

 nearly black ; H. Sargentiana, a recent importa- 

 tion from China, will ])robably be a favourite 

 where it succeeds, with large soft, bright green 

 leaves and rosy-ii!ac inflorescence. H. radiata 

 is also interesting on account of the snowy 

 whiteness of the underleaf . Allied to this genus 

 is Carpenteria californica, ^\'hich produces its 

 A\hite flowers in summer. A rarer plant is 

 Platycrater arguta, from Japan, white, yellow 

 stamens, forming a low bush. There are many 

 of the Philadelphuses to be recommended, 

 among them one of garden origin, P. virginale, 

 double white, as well as the much more common 

 P. grandiflorus ; a well grown and well placed 

 specimen of the latter is always a beautiful 

 object when in full bloom. The smaller P. 

 mexioanus, with a purple blotch, is desirable, but 

 somewhat tender. 



Lavatera maritima bicolor, of the Mallow 

 Order, has a lovely flower, more than 3 inches 

 in width, of a dehcate light pink, shaded with 

 bluish-purple, and looking as if it were made of 

 satin ; it is a native of the western Mediterranean 

 region, but unfortunately it is liable to suffer in 

 this climate. Whereas its ally, Abutilon niega- 

 potamicum (vexillarium), red and yellow, like 

 the Spanish flag, though coming from Brazil, 

 is quite hardy in the milder parts of the country. 

 Notospartium Carmichaelise, of the Pea family, 

 is a bush with gi-een rush-like branchlets, 

 destitute of leaves, and displaying, early in July, 

 clusters of bright pink flowers. It comes from 

 New Zealand, as does also Carmichselia 

 australis, which somewhat resembles it in out- 

 ward appearance, but which produces at the 

 same time numerous minute pea-shaped 

 blossoms — purple and white ; the inflorescence 

 of both C. flagelhformis, with flattened branch- 

 lets, and of C. odorata, with very small pinnate 

 foliage, leaflets circular, is very similar. Related 

 to them, Psoralea pinnata has bright green 

 needle-like leaves, an inch long, and very pretty 

 bloom, violet and white, that appears at the end 

 of July ; it is South African, and has not yet been 

 established here out of doors. Aniong the 

 Composite plants, Senec'o Munroi is a dwarf- 



spreading shrub, with grey leaves, curled at the 

 edges, and white underneath, bearing masses of 

 golden daisies, each about an inch across, a very 

 bright object in a sunny spot ; while S. Hectori 

 is a fine shrub (some 10 feet high here), with 

 large pale green entire foliage, curiously cut and 

 becoming pinnate just at the base, and having 

 corymbs of sinnlar flowers, white, with a yellow 

 centre. Both are of New Zealand origin. Of 

 Jessamines, related to the Lilacs, Ja&minum 

 primulinum was introduced from Yunnan at the 

 beginning of this century, and has large yellow 

 bloom ; it does best against a wall. J. revoiutum, 

 also yellow, grows to a good sized bush ; J . 

 officinale, white ; J. beesianum, dark red-purple, 

 more strange perhaps than striking. Mande- 

 villea suavolens, from Argentina, is a most 

 delightful climber and a treasure of much value ; 

 it is alhed to the Periwinkle, and has in August 

 large, deliciously-scented white flowers of good 

 substance and ap]^)earance. It seems cpiite at 

 home here and hardy ; the only fault with it is 

 that the blossoms open so high up that a ladder 

 is often required to get them. Salvias are 

 represented by S. Grahami, a native of Mexico, 



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