Arums in with blossom, giving the impression at a first glance of some 

 Cornwall wonderful new flower. Wistaria succeeds the Clematis with its 

 hanging lilac trusses, and the Japanese Guelder Rose (Viburnum 

 p lie at urn] looks very well trained up a wall. It is quite hardy 

 and makes also a graceful shrub, the boughs laden with white 

 blooms. 



The accompanying sketch of Arums was painted near 

 Truro in the middle of the month. Even then the lake with 

 its fringe of white Lilies only separated from a tidal river by a 

 bank a few feet across was a wonderful sight ; later in the 

 month the effect must have been even finer. The strong growth 

 of the plants, their fine healthy foliage, and the multitude of 

 buds and flowers show how absolutely the position suits them. 

 They grow in the shallow water about two feet deep round 

 the edge of the lake, and in Winter if there should be severe 

 frost, which is very unusual in that part of Cornwall, their roots 

 are protected by the water above them. That their feet should 

 be absolutely in the water in this way is not necessary, but it 

 makes the growth more luxuriant. They may often be seen in 

 cottage gardens looking strangely foreign to the eye only accus- 

 tomed to see Arums in a greenhouse. 



