94 IN A GLOUCESTERSHIRE GARDEN 



a single flower of the purest white, called by the 

 gardeners Totus albus. The finest of the family is the 

 North American Hibiscus grandiflorus ; it is herbaceous, 

 or rather must be treated as an herbaceous plant, and 

 generally flowers too late in the autumn, and gets 

 injured by the frost, but will flower in hot years. 

 In its native country it is a marsh plant, but here 

 it seems to prefer a sunny place and ordinary garden 

 soil. 



