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tile eliaff — in these days of high prices, one 

 does not wish to buy anything but the best. 

 One of the best phmts hist year was Epilubiuni 

 (/Idbclluin, one of the few gems in a race of 

 weeds. It forms neat tufts, () inches high, 

 foliage green-marbled bronze, and delightfully 

 glossy flower buds, warm orange brown, from 

 v.hicli open pure white flowers, i to f inches 

 across, the whole forming a most attractive 

 picture. It flowered freely from -May to 

 August. It is growing happily in sandy i)eat 



are most striking, of a vivid scarlet colour. 

 This is the nearest description I can give of 

 the wonderfid velvety flower. The liowers 

 have that purity of colour, depth and brilliance 

 which always creates a feeling of awe in the 

 gardener at the wonder of it all. Such an 

 effect is also produced by Mcconupsis integri- 

 folia and AnciHone AJlcni. It grows readily 

 in sandy peat in sun ; it certainly does not 

 require bog treatment. Bits broken off root 

 readily. It flowers freely during the siunmer. 



iu a partially shaded pcjsition. It seeds freely, 

 and self-sown seedlings liave, so far, come 

 through the winter safely. I cannot as yet 

 sj)eak authoritatively about its permanence as 

 legards old plants, but it will certainly endiu'e 

 by the production of self-sown seedlings. It is 

 V, New Zealander. E. nidcrupu.s seems to be 

 a diminvitive version of the above. Near by 

 is growing Mi in ul us x Bartouicnius, a hybrid 

 lu'twcen M. (■(iririiiiili>i :■: T.r'irlxii : it forms a 

 ucat bush about a foot high ; the stems ai'e very 

 lirittle, and I find a twiggy stick inserted by 

 the plant useful as a support. The flowers 



A unich more modest gem is Trifoliion uni- 

 jlonnn, a. jjlant said to have been in cultivation 

 many years ago and lost. Why, I do not 

 know, as it seems quite easy in sandy, stony 

 loam in sun. It forms a spreading mat of 

 tiny, clover-like leaves, and bears a quantity 

 of practically stemless, single-clover flowers 

 of a rich carmine hue, especially in the bud 

 stage. It flowers in April and iVla.y. I ^have 

 not ,yet attempteil its pro]iagation. Another 

 beaut}' is Gful-sfa da] iiKitira . As I saw it at 

 (ilasnevin last -luly, it formed a compact 

 mound, about 4 inches high and a foot across, 



