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Felicia angustifolia is also a spring blooming kind, producing a mass 

 of purplish daisy-like flowers. The plant rarely exceeds a height of three 

 feet. 



Diosma alba, the African sleet bush, is a dwarf hardy plant, the 

 flowers being white, and the foliage being sweetlv scented. This plant is 

 often called the white Boronia. 



Genista Andreana is one of the finest of the broom-like plants, the 

 flowers being freely produced, and crimson and yellow in colour. 



Berberis Darwinii is a beautiful shrub, the flowers being bright orange 

 in colour, and freely produced during the winter months. This shrub 

 thrives best in cool districts. 



Othonna Athanasise produces bright yellow flowers, resembling the 

 marguerite, during the winter months, and is hardy and easily grown. 



Hypericum Moserianum is also a yellow flowered dwarf plant, very 

 attractive in bloom. 



Eriostemon neriifolium is a very pretty shrub, the flowers being white, 

 star .shaped, and borne in great profusion. 



Lasiandra macrantha grandiflora is one of the finest, producing large 

 flowers of a bright violet-purple colour during autumn. 



Prostranthera Sieberi, the Mint Bush, bears a mass of light violet 

 coloured blooms in spring, and is one of the Australian plants that resent 

 manure or root interference. 



Boronia megastigma is one of the most popular of dwarf shrubs, the 

 flowers being copper-coloured, and deliciouslv fragrant. Boronia thrives 

 best in a new and unmanured soil in the cooler districts of the State. 



Kerria Japonica is a hardy deciduous shrub, the bright yellow flowers 

 being produced in early spring. A double flowered form is more popular 

 than the ordinary type. 



Pyrus Japonica is a well known winter blooming plant, the flowers being 

 scarlet and produced prior to the leaves. A white and a pink form of this 

 plant is also procurable, and the whole are very easily grown and worthy 

 of cultivation. 



A glance at a nurseryman's catalogue will reveal the fact that numerous 

 shrubs of various classes are procurable, and that to refer, even briefly, to 

 the most important would require a deal of space. To mention a few in 

 addition to those above noted that are worth v of cultivation for their flowers 

 -or foliage may be sufficient for an intending planter, viz. : Rhus succeed- 

 anea Sambucus aurea, Prunus purpurea, Melianthus major, Weigelia 

 rosea and manv varieties, Spiraeas, various, Polygala grandis, Euonymus 

 Japonicus variegatus, Garrvselliptica, Hydrangeas, various, Gardenia 

 florida, Hake;i suaveolens, Grevilleas, various, Acacias, various, Coprosma 

 Baueriana variegata, Deutzlas, various, Daphne indica rubra. Chorizema 

 cordata. Arbutus unedo, Cantua dependens. Clethra arborea, Viburnum 

 •epulis and plicatum, Callistemons. various, Protea mellifera. 



Flower Garden. 



The present season has been favorable to growth generally, and with 

 fair attention to cultivation of the soil and suppression of insects and 

 fungi, an abundant supplv of flowers should be assured during the spring 

 iind early summer months. 



Cultivators of cactus dahlias for exhibition are usuallv anxious to learn 

 something regarding the " novelties " offered for sale by the nursery 

 Irade. A number of new varieties are imported annually from various 



