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and l)iig]it pink flowers, was very fine, and looked 

 like eontinuing for weeks. 



Seihiiii tiifiduin, a Himalayan plant with deeply- 

 cut leaves and corynil)s ot reddish flowers, is well 

 worth growing. It likes to ))e planted under an 

 overhanging stone where the crown is protected in 

 winter. 



PrimuJit crispatd. one of tlie new species of the 

 Capitata set, made a fine display, stretching away 

 under some Rhododendrons. The heads of deej)- 

 lalue flowers, held aloft on silvery stems, made a 

 fine picture. 



P. sph;rni<ep]i(il(t. another addition to the 

 " capitatas," appeared to he a smaller grower, but 

 this may have been due entirely to the age of the 



able for smaller plants. The dark blue flowers are 

 always adnured. 



Fuclisia thyniifniia, which throws up slender 

 shoots from the base every year, is, like other 

 Fuchsias, very beautiful in autunm, bearing 

 abiuidantly tiny red flowers from the axils of the 

 leaves. 



F. rnicropJii/Ilii and /''. piimila are also invaluable 

 autunm flowers. 



Teiiriium clKnnn'dri/s. with pink flowers at the 

 ends of the shoots, wliich are clothed with small 

 green leaves, makes a pretty disjjlay. 



('olrJiicvm specioniim alburn, pure white, the 

 long-tubed flowers standing over a carpet of 

 Helxine, made a very beautiful picture. 



plants; it bore round heads of violet flowers on 

 mealy stalks. There is now quite a number of 

 species in this section, such as P. atpltnta, P. 

 pseudo-cap'dota , P. hiiieo-capifatn, P. Mooienna, 

 with the two mentioned above, and all are valuable 

 for sunnner and autumn flowering, but just exactly 

 how they are to be kept distinct in gardens is not, 

 at the moment, very apparent. 



iScJiizustj/Us cuccinea, the " Kaffir Lily," with 

 bright crimson flowers, is an excellent plant for a 

 moist position. It shoifld be divided frequently, 

 as the growths soon become crowded and the 

 flowers poor; spring is the l)est time to do this. 



Hentlis were still good in mid-Septem))er, especi- 

 ally the varieties of ('(dhnui vulgaris, the double 

 pink being particularly noticeable, and the double 

 Erica Crawfordii — a rare and lovely little plant. 



tSedum KamtscJiafivuni ntrieijafum, with varie- 

 gated leaves and corymbs of golden yellow flowers, 

 with orange carpels, makes a bright patch at this 

 time. 



Veronica " Autumn iilory," althoxjgh it grows 

 into a goodly bush, is, nevertheless, at home in the 

 rock garden, and may be used in places not suit- 



Kirenyeslioinn ptdnuita, a handsome plant with 

 large, somewhat Maple-like leaves and terminal 

 panicles of ricli yellow flowers, was striking and 

 effective in a bog. 



Many other plants showed numerous flowers, 

 notably Aubrietias, which have scarcely ceased 

 flowering all summer. It was also noticed that 

 several of the spring and sunnner flowering 

 Primulas, such as denticulata and Asthore, &c., 

 were inclined to throw up their spikes, which 

 normally should be dormant all winter. 



Anon. 



Manure Substitutes. 



By E. T. Ellis, F.R.H.S. 

 Allotment holders everywhere are groaning at 

 the manvue scarcity and shortage. But it is little 

 use groaning about manure which is not to be had. 

 It would l)e far more profitable to turn the atten- 

 tion to finding suitable substitutes, if such exist. 

 And they do. 



What about these substitutes then? Have we 

 not seaweed at the coast, peat from the moors. 



