My New Zealand Garden 1 1 



to any soil and circumstances. The double White 

 Peach and a clear bright red one from Japan are 

 special treasures, with which the most fastidious 

 could not fail to be satisfied : their perfect fresh- 

 ness is most charming ; and the same may be said 

 of the semi-double Japanese Cherry, with delicate 

 pink blossoms. Grevillea obtusifolia is about 4 feet 

 high, and nearly always in flower, but in spring it 

 surpasses itself, its peculiarly shaped flowers, of 

 an indescribable deep pink hue, possessing a satin 

 gloss which makes it a gem. 



Romneya coulteri grew such fine blooms that 

 I set off to the photographer to establish the fact. 

 The largest that I measured were 7^ inches in 

 diameter. I don't suppose that any other white 

 flower can vie with them. Their huge crinkled 

 petals, surrounding that great yellow cushion, are 

 quite sensational. 



Genista Andreana is a beautiful thing. One 

 is not prepared to come suddenly upon a common 

 thing like a Broom in new colours, and when I 

 first set eyes upon it I could scarcely believe them. 

 Its blossoms are blotched in the centre with reddy 

 brown as bright as a beautiful Calceolaria. Of 

 course, it ranks as a valuable novelty. 



Telopea speciosissima (Waratah), which comes 

 from the Blue Mountains of Australia, is a most 

 conspicuous shrub. Its flowers are almost as large 

 and as round as cricket-balls, and are composed of 



