prostratum a glorious patch of gentian blue can be enjoyed May. 



through this month. It wants a warm dry soil and some rock Carpet 



to creep over. With Arcnaria montana grandiflora a Plants and 



pretty white flower like a glorified Stitch wort it makes a fJonestv 



charming picture. I have seen them growing together on a 



rough stone wall, the Litbospermum making trailing cushions of 



blue, several feet long. In a cool damp place Primula japonica 



will give a splash of brilliant crimson, but handsome as it 



undoubtedly is, the colour is too near magenta to be always 



pleasing. At Burncoose, near Truro, it was certainly magnificent 



in effect, growing very strongly in large quantities, with 



Bamboos all about it. There it seeds freely, but in soils where 



it will not multiply itself the seed should be picked and sown 



in a seed-pan directly it is ripe, and kept in a cold frame. Seed 



of the white variety can be obtained separately and is much 



more attractive. 



In a shady corner London Pride looks delightful against 

 tufts of green and white striped grass. 



Ompbalodes verna is a good plant too for establishing on the 

 edges of woods, with pretty bright green foliage and flowers like 

 a Forget-me-not. For a patch of glistening white nothing can 

 beat Trillium grandiflorum ; its three-petal led flowers with the 

 three encircling leaves below are quite beautiful, but it will not 

 grow everywhere and likes a shady damp spot and peat soil. 

 The name Wood Lily suggests the uses that might be made 

 of it. 



A great feature in our wood just now is the Honesty 

 Lunaria bicnnis the rich violet and white flowers being 

 especially fine from a little distance. It seeds profusely and 

 widely, establishing itself as if it were really a wild thing of the 



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