In My Vicarage Garden 



clematis coccinea, from Texas ; Budleia Lindleyana, 

 with trusses of curious purple and grey flowers, 

 from China ; abuliton vexillarum, from South 

 America ; and physianthus albens, from Buenos 

 Ayres. Close under the wall, but not trained to 

 it, are the so-called Australian daisy, which, how- 

 ever, comes from Mexico ; the beautiful Caper 

 plant (capparis spinosa), from South Europe, 

 which requires an exceptionally fine summer to 

 flower ; crinum capense and Powelli, from the 

 Cape of Good Hope ; opuntia, from Brazil ; 

 amaryllis ackramanni^ the most gorgeous in 

 colour of all amaryllises, also from Brazil ; 

 teucrium fruticans, from south of Europe ; and 

 fuschia excorticata^ a very curious species, from 

 New Zealand. In the border are yucca angusti- 

 folia\ olearias from New Zealand; Arum Jacque- 

 monti, a remarkable hooded arum from the 

 Himalayas ; cercocarpus, a shrub from (I believe) 

 South America ; and some cistuses, aguilegias, 

 penstemons, etc., while the edging is taken up 

 with different sorts of iberis, Iceland poppy, 

 aubrietia, lychnis, teucrium aureum, sempervivum, 

 sedum, saxifrage^ and I say nothing of some of 

 the commoner plants, or of the spring bulbs 

 which are dormant and unseen. This particular 

 length of border is no better than any other part ; 

 indeed I could have selected some parts which 

 would contain more, and perhaps more interesting, 

 plants. I only choose this as showing how in a 

 very small compass a great variety may be 



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