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houses with their display of succulents and gourds, the collection 
of dwarf evergreens, and the rock garden itself were most fas- 
cinating. As in Cornwall, the hart’s-tongue fern grows every- 
where on shaded roadside banks and the wall-rue (Asplenium 
Ruta-muraria) is abundant on old stone walls around Dublin. 
Before catching the boat at Belfast, to arrive in New York about 
the middle of September, I had the opportunity of spending a 
short time in the small but attractive rock garden at Belfast, 
which has an exceptionally good display of Frica. 
LocaL FLORA SECTION 
This area, containing only native plants of the New York 
region, has undergone but little obvious change in the past year, 
but the fact should be emphasized that in such developments 
much labor is often required to make a place look ‘“‘natural.”’ 
Such changes, not apparent to the casual visitor, are represented 
in the extension of the white-sand area half way to the boundary 
fence, giving an additional surface for the growth of //udsonia and 
Corema, and providing a more natural background for the previ- 
ous plantings. Furthermore, this additional sand will prevent 
the run-off of water from garden soil, carrying clay and humus to 
the detriment of the sand area below. White sand has also been 
placed around the plantings of trailing arbutus (£pigaea repens). 
A similar inconspicuous change has been made along the path- 
ways surrounding the bog, where sand and peat have replaced 
some of the original fill, providing for better growth of conifers 
and plants of the heath family. The north side of the Knoll has 
been banked with logs to provide a shaded slope for the growth of 
native yew (Taxus canadensis) and plants naturally associated 
with that shrub. The brook has undergone the greatest change, 
the source having been entirely reconstructed with boulders and 
eneissic rocks received some years ago from the Brooklyn flower 
show. These rocks have been built up into the border mound 
directly south of the Hngler memorial tree, the construction to be 
backed by Rhododendron plantings. A shaded slope along the 
brook will thus be provided for creeping snowberry (Chiogenes) 
and bunchberry (Cornus canadensis), which are now growing 
successfully in the Local Flora Section, but which have at present 
