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tember and ripens its fruits, like tiny 

 sweet-chestnuts, in the succeeding autumn. 

 Though borne freely upon little plants 

 only 2 ft. high, they seldom reach perfec- 

 tion in this country. The plant is hardy 

 even in the north of Scotland, and does 

 well about Edinburgh and in sheltered 

 parts of the west country, thriving in good 

 heavy soil butgrowing very slowly, so that 

 it must never be put near greedy shrubs 

 that would outgrow and smother it. Being 

 very averse to removal, it is mostly planted 

 from pots. The 'hardiest form of all is 

 minor, from the mountain tops of Cali- 

 fornia — a pretty little shrub for raised 

 banks in the rock-garden. 



CELMISIA. — Charming plants from 

 New Zealand, where they fill the moun- 

 tain meadows with cushions of downy 

 leaves covered with glistening daisy-like 

 flowers. There are upwards of thirty 

 kinds, differing more in leaf than in 

 their flowers, which are mostly white, 

 though sometimes purple and very vari- 

 able in size. They grow in varied situa- 

 tions, some in swamps, some in dry 

 shingly places, others on moist river- 

 banks or the gritty mountain side. To 

 succeed with them we need therefore to 

 know just how each grows in its own 

 country, and things are made more 

 difficult by the fact that they are not 

 fully hardy with us, and seem to dislike 

 the moisture that gathers on their hairy 

 leaves and stems in a wet season. The 

 few kinds that have been introduced have 

 never become common, though they may 

 be seen doing well here and there, and 

 are then exceedingly beautiful. The fol- 

 lowing are in cultivation : — 



C. COriacea, a hardy little kind not 

 difficult to grow, and the largest in its 

 flowers, li to 3 in. across, pure white 

 with a yellow centre, and borne on stout 

 stems a foot long. The leaves are like 

 those of a small Yucca, lo to i8 ins. 

 long, covered with cottony threads and 

 dense white down. The plant needs a 

 sunny well-drained place, and should be 

 well watered in summer. 



C. Haastii. — A plant of strong growth, 

 with large leaves similar to, but less 

 woolly than those just described, the 

 flowers, \h to 2\ in. across, coming upon 

 short sturdy stems. 



C. Lindsayi forms dense tufts of leaves 

 3 to 6 in. long, very white on the under- 

 side, and with white flowers i to 2 in. 

 across on stems of 6 in. 



C. Monroei is also hardy, growing well 

 near the sea in North Wales. Its leaves 

 are silver-grey with down, almost sword- 

 shaped, and very white beneath. The 



pure white flowers are 2 in. across, 

 coming in early summer and lasting for 

 a considerable time. 



C. ramulosa is a very distinct and 

 pretty plant, its small short leaves forming 

 cushions completely covered with small 

 white flowers on short stems. Among 

 the stones of a rock-garden nothing could 

 be more charming. 



C. spectabilis.— In leaf, flowers, and 

 manner of growth, this comes near C. 

 Monroei, but the flower-stems are shorter, 

 and the narrow ray-florets more or less 

 tipped with violet. 



CERATOSTIGMA POLHILLI.-A 

 pretty creeping shrub from a great height 

 in the mountains of Western China, with 

 grey leaves and stems and clusters of 

 charming pale lavender-blue flowers. It 

 is hardy in warm well-drained nooks of 

 the rock-garden, and is increased by 

 cuttings. 



CHILOPSIS LINEARIS {Flowering 

 Willow). — A very pretty flowering shrub 

 from the warmest parts of Texas, and 

 hence only suited to our hottest and best 

 sheltered shore-gardens. Its slender 

 branches of lo to 20 ft. bear narrow 

 leaves like a willow, and an abundance 

 of handsome lilac trumpet-flowers, i to 

 2 in. long, and continued as long as the 

 warm season lasts. Light rich soil and a 

 hot wall upon the south coast are the con- 

 ditions most likely to suit this choice plant 

 with us. 



CINNAMOMUM CAMPHORA 



{Camphor Laurel). —That this beautiful 

 sub-tropical evergreen tree is hardier 

 than often supposed is proved by Mrs. 

 Dugmore, of Parkstone, Dorset, who 

 writes as follows : — " The Camphor Tree 

 flourishes here, and is now a fine shrub 

 about 10 ft. high and quite healthy, 

 bearing handsome glossy leaves. It has 

 never been artificially protected, though 

 sheltered by adjacent shrubs, and it has 

 been planted quite 12 or 14 years. The 

 soil is peat with a sub-soil of gravel, 

 the whole well trenched and manured." 

 There is also a fine specimen at Leonards- 

 lee, near Horsham, and probably others 

 in the gardens of Devon and Cornwall 



CORDYLINE ERYTHRORACHIS. 

 —A distinct and beautiful plant, hardy 

 only in the warmest parts of Britain, and 

 then only when of a certain age. It does 

 not form a main stem like most of the 

 Dracaena family, but remains as a bold 

 spreading tuft which sends up graceful 

 arching spikes of ivory-white flowers 

 every year from near the ground to a 

 height of 4 to 6 ft. The leaves are very 

 stout, about 4 ft. long and 3 in. wide, 



