58 MY SHRUBS 



approval. That rare Britisher, H. polifolium, grows within a walk 

 of me, and its white petals and golden eye gladden a rockery, for 

 such is its abundance on certain limestone crags not far distant; 

 that to transfer a plant or two was no crime These sun-roses can 

 be cut back hard when their mounds become too large to control. 



Hermannia candicans did well in peat on a wall for some years, 

 and hung out little yellow bells the size of the lily-of-the-valley. 

 But after the fashion of too many other Australians, it faded away 

 gradually, and is now with me no more. H, lavendulifolia is a 

 small Cape species of good repute. 



Helichrysum antennaria is a neat little hardy shrub with white 

 flowers, rare in cultivation, though very worthy of it ; while Heimia 

 grandiflora is also hardy and very handsome. Nescea this Mexican 

 is called by the elect. It has willow-like foliage and bright yellow 

 flowers, which climb up the long stems and make a beautiful shrub 

 of it in August. My plant is five feet high, and still growing. 



Hihbertia dentata is a splendid climber with dark purple foliage 

 and yellow flowers. I have seen this fine Australian in great form 

 near Penzance, but it is only a plant for very snug gardens. For 

 a cold house wall nothing could be more attractive ; but I find it 

 not in the catalogues. 



Hibiscus also; save H. roseus and H. syriaais, belong to the 

 greenhouse, or stove. Hibiscus is a good and brilliant deciduous 

 shrub of many gardeners' varieties. 



Hippophce rhamnoideSy the sea buckthorn, is a beautiful, 

 silvery, hardy plant of wide distribution. But the shrub is 

 dioecious, and unless you mate it, the orange-coloured berries will 

 not appear. 



Hoherea populnea stands ten feet high with me, and has made a 



