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creases as fast as the white. They are not hybrids, 

 and their descendants are just as large and yellow 

 as their ancient parents. 



Fuchsia triphylla is killed down to the ground 

 in winter. It is simply splendid in summer, 

 growing 2 feet high or more. I think it is one of 

 those rather inconvenient subjects who wish to 

 come in for the winter like Sahia splendens, but 

 they fill up the greenhouse too much. S. splendens 

 emerges from its winter quarters in pieces about 

 every other spring, and each piece makes a nice 

 plant to come in again in autumn, as they do not 

 mind being taken up and potted. They flower 

 for some time in the greenhouse, and the next 

 summer make fine plants in the garden again. 

 The pink Lily of the Valley is generally voted 

 to be rather disappointing in colour, but every- 

 body likes a new thing. At present it is very 

 scarce, which, of course, enhances its floral value. 



Portulacas get all the sun they can desire, and 

 respond accordingly ; but there must be something 

 peculiar in the light of some days, for sometimes 

 when, apparently, there is no sun, they are wide 

 open. It is a very pleasant deviation from their 

 rule, which, I suppose, this climate enables them 

 to indulge in so often. 



The Australian Flannel Flower is very curious, 

 and grew well the only year that I sowed it. The 

 petals are just like white cotton velvet tinted with 



