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chinensis is also a fine climber of 

 vigorous growth, the fruit large about 

 the size of a walnut and of agreeable 

 flavour. A . Henry i is a tall climber ; 

 native of the high mountain forests of 

 China. A. Kolomikta is a very strik- 

 ing plant in its foliage, occasionally 

 half the leaf being whitish. It is not 

 the strongest grower, and is better on 

 walls in sunny places. Manchuria and 

 Japan. 



ADENOCARPUS DECORTICANS. 



A pea-flowering shrub, not common, 

 with flowers like Gorse. According to Mr 

 Bean in Trees and Shrubs, p. 165, it is 

 a native of Spain, and only hardy in 

 the milder parts of Great Britain, 

 needing at Kew wall protection, but 

 in the gardens at Grayswood Hill, near 

 Haslemere, thriving splendidly. Mr 

 Bean has seen shrubs there in May and 

 early June 6 to 8 feet high, with golden 

 blossom from end to end of their 

 branches, and making most gorgeous 

 pictures. " Like so many of its race, 

 this shrub is not long-lived, and care 

 should be taken to sow a few seeds 

 occasionally, to renew the stock if 

 needed. It should have the sunniest 

 position available, and is suitable for 

 a hot bank in gardens where it can 

 thrive in the open. For colder locali- 

 ties a place on a south wall is neces- 

 sary." 



ADENOPHORA (Grand Bellflower}. 



Hardy perennials of the Bellflower 

 family, 18 inches to over 3 feet high. 

 They are mostly from Siberia and 

 Dahuria, with flowers generally blue in 

 colour. Some of the most distinct 

 species are A. coronopifolia, A. denti- 

 culata, A. Lamarckii, A. liliiflora, A. 

 polymorpha, A. stylosa, and A. mega- 

 lantha. In these occur slight varia- 

 tions in colour and size of flower. 

 Their thick fleshy roots thrive in a 

 rich loam, and like a damp subsoil ; 

 impatient of removal, and should not 

 be increased by division. Seed freely, 

 and are easily increased. In The 

 Garden, 23rd August 1919, Sir Herbert 

 Maxwell praises this plant as doing 

 well in Scotland. 



ADIANTUM (Maidenhair Fern}. 

 Elegant ferns, few hardy, growing best 

 in a rough fibry peat, mixed with sand 

 and lumps of broken stone or brick. 

 A. pedatum, the N. American kind, is 

 charming among shade-loving plants 

 in the wild garden with the more beau- 

 tiful wood-flowers, such as Trillium, 



Hepatica, and blue Anemone, in moist 

 soil. A. Capillus veneris, the British 

 Maidenhair Fern, is best in a sheltered 

 nook at the foot of a shady wall, and 

 in the southern warmer countries 

 might be found near fountain basins 

 and moist corners of the rock garden 

 and hardy fernery, though our climate 

 is not warm enough for its full growth. 



ADLUMIA (Climbing Fumitory}. 

 Climbing biennial plants. One species 

 only ( A . cirrhosa} is known, a rapid 

 grower. Its Maidenhair Fern-like 

 leaves are borne on slender twining 

 stems with abundant white blossoms, 

 about | inch long. There is a variety 

 with purple flowers. It thrives in a 

 warm or peaty soil, and is best seen 

 trailing over shrubs. In peaty or leaf 

 soil sometimes sows itself. North 

 America. 



ADONIS (Pheasant's Eye}. Beau- 

 tiful perennial or biennial plants, 

 belonging to the Buttercup order, 

 chiefly natives of cornfields in Europe 

 and Western Asia, dwarf, with finely- 

 divided leaves, and red or yellow 

 flowers. A. vernalis (Ox-eye] is a 

 handsome alpine herb, forming dense 

 tufts 8 inches to 15 inches high, of 

 finely-divided leaves in whorls along 

 the stems, blooming in spring, with 

 large, yellow, Anemone-like flowers, 3 

 inches in diameter. Of A. vernalis 

 there are several varieties, the chief 

 being A . v. sibirica, which differs in 

 having larger flowers. A. apennina is 

 a later-blooming form, and is a good 

 plant for moist spots on the rock 

 garden. A. pyrenaica is from the 

 Eastern Pyrenees, but with broader 

 petals. A. amurensis, from Man- 

 churia, has finely-cut leaves, blooming 

 with the Snowdrop. A. Davurica is 

 a very early kind. A. aiitumnalis is 

 a pretty bright-coloured annual. The 

 rock garden or borders of sandy loam 

 suits the perennial kinds well. Divi- 

 sion, or by seed sown as soon as 

 gathered. 



3EGLE SEPIARIA (Hardy Orange}. 

 An interesting shrub of the Orange 

 family, hardy in the country round 

 London. It thrives in ordinary loam, 

 and flowers very prettily in spring, 

 like a large Almond. With me, the 

 flowers bear small fruits like Oranges. 

 It is used by the Japanese as a fence 

 plant, and with its spines and stout 

 habit is quite a good one. This has 

 proved quite free and hardy in my 



