14 My New Zealand Garden 



in their new country ; in fact, most English things, 

 as well as Australian, are very well satisfied here. 



Among smaller subjects, the White Watsomia 

 is very handsome. Physalis alkekengi is a great 

 acquisition to any border. Its orange scarlet pods 

 are as large as hen's eggs, and a truly marvellous 

 sight. It dies down in winter, appearing again 

 in spring. The small yellow-fruited kind, com- 

 monly called the Cape Gooseberry, makes a most 

 delicious jam, and twice last summer I picked 

 20 pounds of fruit from that number of plants. 



Gerbera jaminonii is one of my newest captures. 

 It is a Cape Daisy, and quite a sensational flower. 

 It is the shape of a Pyrethrum, with longer petals 

 and of a light, soft scarlet or terracotta scarlet. 

 The leaf resembles that of a Dandelion, but is 

 much larger and thicker. Fortunately, it is of easy 

 growth and increases very rapidly, for with careful 

 disentanglement of its long tuberous root it can 

 be divided every year. The flowers are on a rather 

 stout stalk ii- feet long. 



When I am parading the garden with friends, 

 of course the striking and beautiful yellow flowers 

 of Arum Elliotiana causes a halt, and with it some- 

 times the remark, 'I like the white one best.' 

 I confess to feeling a little nettled at their coldness, 

 although I envy the pure taste of all those who 

 admire white flowers most. This beautiful yellow 

 Arum is quite as hardy, divides as well, and in- 



