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amongst high trees often renders it difficult 

 to determine whether they really belong to 

 creeper or shrub. I had a strange instance of 

 this with the yellow everlasting (Helichrysum 

 decorum) which I once planted behind a bush 

 in the shade. This, instead of growing, as usual, 

 as a low bushy plant, threw up a straight stem 

 nearly three feet high and three-quarters of an 

 inch in diameter, and at the top of this the 

 bushy growth burst forth, making quite a pretty 

 little tree. 



I have seen three species of upright hibiscus 

 a pale yellow, a cream-colour and deep violet 

 centre, and a dark purple and several small 

 trailing varieties. 



There are not very many bulbous plants, and 

 some have very insignificant-looking green and 

 white flowers ; one of them a favourite food 

 plant for beetles and caterpillars. One large 

 bulb (Hcemanthus Katherince f) is very common 

 in my favourite wood ; it has large shining 

 broad wavy leaves, and bears a dense umbel of 

 scarlet flowers like a huge bottle-brush. Another 



