Yucca, of cream- white flowers about 8 ft. high, contrasting with the 

 Montbretia warm soft heads of the Pampas. They look even more magnifi- 

 and cent m isolated clumps on a terrace, showing the full beauty 

 Nasturtium f tne ^ r growth, as the foreground to some distant view. A 

 little later I saw another Yucca picture made by groups of a 

 dwarf kind on a sunny bank, with orange and red Montbretias 

 growing thickly round them. The very green grass-like foliage 

 of the Montbretias looked particularly well with the dark blue- 

 green spiky growth of the Yuccas ; their cream heads were 

 about 3 ft. 6 in. high, and seemed to spring from the 

 ground. 



Montbretias (Tritonia) increase so fast in many soils that 

 they need to be taken up at least every other year in the Autumn 

 and replanted in the Spring. When too crowded they cease to 

 flower. Etoile de Feu red and Aurore are two of the best. 



Nasturtiums could well be added to such a group ; they 

 are gorgeous as a carpet, and at their best in this month. Poor 

 soil is all they need, on good they run to leaf, and the blaze of 

 colour is not obtained. Both tall and dwarf varieties are among 

 the easiest of all annuals to grow, and remain in flower a very 

 long time. They should be sown out of doors in April and 

 May, or even as late as June they will succeed, so that they can 

 be used to replace some spring flowering plant which has come 

 to an end, such as Pansy. Earlier plants are got by sowing 

 the seed under glass in Spring, and planting out in May. 

 Some of the double varieties are very handsome, and can be 

 increased by keeping a few pots through the Winter for cuttings 

 in the early Spring. There are charming shades of colour 

 to be had from cream to fiery crimson, all blending one with 

 another : one of the handsomest is Empress of India with dark 



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