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veloped unusually bright and finely coloured foliage, afford- 

 ing a pleasant contrast to the dark green leaves produced 

 by the typical species. This is not the least remarkable 

 feature of this abnormally cold summer, seeing that varie- 

 gated plants, as a rule, require abundance of heat and 

 sunshine to enable them to colour well. The fine warm 

 summer and autumn of last year has doubtless had much to 

 do with their present satisfactory condition. 



Annuals and other plants which depend entirely on the 

 present season's growth for their wellbeing are in a backward 

 condition, and unless a change of weather takes place soon, 

 will be a total failure. 



Alpine and herbaceous plants, though somewhat late, are 

 flowering freely, and owing to their not having suffered from 

 drought this season, their period of flowering has been pro- 

 longed. On the Eock Garden 430 species and varieties came 

 into flower during June, making a total of 1052 since 

 January 1, as against 1048 for the same period last year. 

 Amongst the most conspicuous were : — Achillea Clusiana, 

 Aci2Jhi/lla squarrosa, Alliuni M'Leani, Anemone 'pahnata, 

 Aster diplostepJiioides, Aquilegia glandulosa, Aubrietia Leicht- 

 lini. Campanula dbietina, C. Allioni, Chamcebatia foliolosa, 

 Clintonia Andreivsiana, Coronilla iberiea, Cypripedium spcc- 

 tabile, Delphinium nudicaule, D. cashmiriaoium x cardinale, 

 Dianthus alpinus, D. gelidus, D. superbus, Dryas Drummondi, 

 Edraianthus pumilio, E. serpyllifolius, Epilobium latifolium, 

 Gentiana pyrenaica, G. Weschniakowi, Henchera sanyuinca, 

 lanthe hugulifolia, Linaria origanifolia, Leontopodium 

 alpiniLin, Lychnis viscaria splendcns fi. ])l-> Lonieera pyrenaica, 

 Myosotis alpestris, Nardostachys Jatainansi, Onosma tauricct, 

 Orchis maculata superba, Oxytropis uralensis, Patrinia 

 nudicaulis, Fentstemon Leivisi, Polygonum sphcerostachyum, 

 lianunxiulus parnassifolius, Saponaria ccespitosa, Saxifraga 

 pyramidalis, Scilla peruviana, Vaceinium Mortinia, 

 Vancouveria hexandra, Veronica amplexicaulis, V. anomcda, 

 V. Colensoi, V. Hulkeana, V. vernicosa. 



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