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stony bank held vai'ious forms and varieties of 

 »S'. Aizooii, all carrying luunerous spikes of dainty, 

 spotted flowers. Bushy plants of Ddphtu' 

 CticoniDi here and there were charming in their 

 heautifnl pink flowers, and groups of various 

 hyhrid Walltlovvers gave touches of warm colour. 

 Just in front a lieautiful mass of Cytisiis ,Scoii(niiis 

 inostrata (which had better been named pendula) 

 made a glorious show of golden yellow, immedi- 

 ately in front of it being a group of a fine, tall, 

 blue A(iuile(jia olplun hi/hiid. To the right of 

 this a colony of Anncrid fdsciciiJata, with many 

 heads of pink flowers, claimed attention on 

 account of its bushy habit. Near by, occupying 

 a steep, stony bank, almost a wall, a fine collec- 

 tion of i^thionemas was revelling in the sun and 

 stones. .4. scliisfosuin, though still a mass of 

 flowers, was on the wane, but close to it A. (iiiki- 



and pretty •' liondou Pride." To the right again, 

 the densely-flowered sprays of <S'. Launcestoni took 

 the eye, and then a dwarf bush of Genista his- 

 ixmica puinihi, smothered in yellow, was followed 

 by a long line of S. cochl'earis, fine cushions 

 following the line of the rocks and bearing scores 

 of quivering red-steunned flower panicles about 

 half open. Oiiosma ecJiioides (ind Alt/ssum 

 sp'niosum were both here revelling among rocks 

 on a steep, dry bank, and both showing colour but 

 not quite open. CyfJsus purpitreus to the right, 

 with lots of rosy-purple flowers, showed, its value 

 as a rock plant. Turning another corner Srdum 

 lost'um iiihnim, with fine orange-red flowers, 

 was beautiful, and a fine mass of ^■Et}nonema 

 cordatiiin, covered with pale-yellow flowers^ 

 showed beautifully above it, and near to a spread- 

 ing carpet of the white Phlor suhulutu Xelsoiii. 



Cytisus Kkwensis. 

 A l)eautiful rock shrul), flowers creamy white. 



?/»/*(, with thick spikes of large, jjale pink 

 flowers, was at)out half open, and above it A. 

 jnilchrllum, vigorous and in bvid, was ready to 

 follow, and on the extreme outside a large, bushy, 

 vigorous plant of A. (irandiflorum was just show- 

 ing the flower spikes. A. jucunda, with deep 

 pink flowers, was blooming at the opposite side. 

 Immediately in front an enormous mass of Uteris 

 semperriii'ns was like a snow-capped moimtain, 

 with other huge drifts of pure white in the dis- 

 tance, and on a rocky slope Ihihus dejiciosu.y 

 fitted into the scheme admirably. Erinus (dpi it us 

 and the white variety filling chinks and crannies 

 here and there in sun and shade, was attractive 

 though inclined to be aggressive. Tiu'ning yet 

 another corner Veronica ijentianoidis nana, with 

 six to eight inch spikes of pale blue, made a 

 pretty picture, and on the opposite side a mass of 

 (Tevista piJtiaa filled the eyes, as it did in other 

 parts. 



The low, shrubby Veronica Fairfieldii next 

 claimed attention, and near it the prostrate 

 Veronica circa^oides was flowering. Across the 

 path ,S'. iimhrosa serrafifolia. with dainty panicles 

 of starry, white, spotted flowers, seemed a neat 



Anrntone si/lrestris. in the typical form, was here 

 met with, bearing its solitary, large, wliite flowers 

 on long stems above the leaves, and the quaint 

 *S'. Forhesii, with broad lance-shaped leaves and 

 tall, branching spikes of greenish-white flowers, 

 quite lacking in ornamental value. 



WuJfenia carinfhiaca, in moist soil at the base 

 of a rock, was bearing its thick spikes of blue 

 flowers. The south side of the rock garden shown 

 in the illustration had masses of Aubrietia, Poten- 

 tilht Veitchii and P. Vilmorini in flower, and the 

 trailing Pnnius cJiama-cerasus was just goir g 

 over. Here, too, (rrevillea juniperina was flowei- 

 ing well, and higher up the yellow spikes of Vesi- 

 ca ria grmca. were conspicuous. In a sunny nook the 

 curious little one-flowered Clover, TrifoJimn vni- 

 fliiriim was a mass of rosy-red flowers, and higher 

 up again towards the summit of the rockwork, 

 but not far from the path, Cytisus Beani made 

 a rich display of golden yellow. Many other 

 plants were passed without note, but many more 

 were mentally noted as promising much beauty 

 for a long time to come, notably Campanulas, 

 Dianthi, Geraniums, Erodiums, &c. 



Anon. 



