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and early May are a wonderful sight. It may be mentioned 
that the narcissus and the daffodil multiply rapidly ; that the 
snowdrop, winter aconite, chionodoxa and grape hyacinth, 
common scilla and Sei//a nutans, do splendidly, but hyacinths 
and tulips deteriorate when left in the ground—hyacinths 
falling off rapidly, while tulips flower year after year, but 
the flowers become poor. Dog’s tooth violets are very satis- 
factory, as are also several kinds of iris—J. germamnica ; 
L. sibirica; I. Kempferi; I. Xiphium, and I. xiphioides.” 
FLOWERS IN WINTER.—We are ready to regard winter as 
flowerless. How far this is from being the case at Achnashie 
appears from the following extract: “In 1906, with a mean 
minimum temperature in January of 38°:13, the following 
were in bloom: Christmas rose, hellebore, wallflower, hepatica, 
primrose — various colours, polyanthus, hthospermum, St 
Bridget anemone and Anenome blanda, yellow fumitory, creep- 
ing forget-me-not, large periwinkle, small periwinkle, double 
white arabis, sweet coltsfoot, and lungwort.” 
When there is so gallant a show in winter it may be 
surmised how brilliant it is in spring and summer. 
We, however, pass this as well as that of autumn, and give 
the notes on the following :— 
Acanthus.—‘ On the lawn this does excellently and has 
flowered two years—in October 1903 and October 1906. It 
is covered well with manure in winter.” 
Gunnera scabra (prickly rhubarb),—‘* Near the stream this 
plant is very fine in the end of summer and in autumn until 
damaged by frost or severe storms. Measured October 1906 
—stem, 5 feet 6 inches; leaf across, 5 feet 1 inch.” 
Funkia (bantam lily).—*‘ FP, Sieboldiana, F. laneifolia var. 
albo-marginata, F. undulata var. variegata, F. ovata, bloom 
well.” 
Parnassia palustris (grass of Parnassus).—“ This” (which 
competes with buckbean (Menyunthes trifoliata) for sup- 
remacy as being the most beautiful of all our native flowers) 
“does well on the wet part of the bank and blooms in 
September.” 
HEATHS AND LiLies.—Heaths are represented by five 
varieties of Menziesia and fifteen of Hrica. Of lilies there 
