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but from the account of its feathery seeds I gather 

 they are to surpass all seeds in beauty, as well as 

 its own yellow flowers. Another Jap comes next, 

 a singularly good gem the Japanese Daphne, 

 although I cannot vouch for the authenticity of 

 its name, only having bought it as such ; the 

 blossom rather resembles the Lilac, only more 

 loosely arranged and drooping, and the tube of 

 each flower longer. Unlike our Daphne, it has 

 no scent, but the extreme freshness of its brilliant 

 mauve flowers and its great floriferousness brings 

 it hosts of admirers. It is deciduous, and seems 

 charmed with our climate. 



The Pride of California (Lathyrus splendens) 

 forms a sort of canopy over this in summer, and 

 is a mass of splendour: such an intense rich 

 crimson pea, with an extra rich dark centre, is 

 quite out of the common. Something white has 

 come at last on the trellis, in the form of a 

 Japanese Plum (Prunus sinensis floripleno) , which is 

 so covered with bloom that it deserves another 

 ' floripleno ' at the end of its name. 



Plumbago Capensis gets very ugly in winter, even 

 with a veil of scrim over it, so I let it take its 

 chance, as the old shoots shelter the young, 

 and do not look worse than the scrim veil ; and I 

 clip it back when the ugly time is over. It is a 

 splendid subject for a trellis here, spreading out to 

 a great distance, and flowering better than it does 



