conservatory decoration, and in many places they are grown in New 

 the open around the edges of ponds, but certainly nowhere in Zealand 

 England are they to be seen in such perfection as around the Forget-me- 

 lake at Trelissick, where, in the first week of June, thousands 

 of expanded blossoms may be viewed at a glance, these creating 

 one of the most charming pictures imaginable. 



Another very pretty garden-effect is provided at Enys by 

 a belt of the rose-coloured Primula japonica, running for 

 a hundred yards beside the edge of the lake, between the path, 

 overhung with lime trees and the water. When the flowers 

 are in full bloom, and their rich colour is reflected on the still 

 surface of the lake, the charming impression delights the eye. 

 Many of the plants are growing absolutely in the water, and 

 self-sown seedlings spring up in thousands in the path. 



Hedychium Gardnerianum, from the East Indies, a well- 

 known conservatory plant, with Canna-like foliage and large, 

 tubular, pale-yellow scented flower-heads, grows permanently in 

 the open, and, at Rosehill, Falmouth, a large bed of this plant 

 often holds as many as sixty expanded flower-spikes in 

 September. 



Myosotidium nobile, the so-called New Zealand Forget-me- 

 not, from Chatham Island, flourishes in Cornwall. In its native 

 land it grows on the sea-beach just out of reach of the tide, 

 and, in this country, sea-sand is largely used in its culture. 

 The great leaves almost resemble rhubarb, being sometimes two 

 feet in length and eighteen inches in breadth. The flower- 

 heads are often six inches across, and the blue blossoms 

 half-an-inch in diameter. There is also a pure white variety. 



The South African Gerbera Jamesoni^ sometimes known 

 as the Barberton Daisy, succeeds in many gardens. Its great, 



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