SCOTTISH GARDENS 



europceus holds the palm, crowd the hollow moist 

 places in beautiful contrast with such bell-flowers 

 as Campanula rhomboidalis. 



The terrace itself, the terrace wall, and the stone 

 borders flanking a granite-margined fountain, are 

 more formal in character. The alpines clothing the 

 wall with a many-coloured mantle seem to display 

 brighter hues than they ever do when cultivated at 

 lower altitudes. Some of them undoubtedly spread 

 more luxuriantly than they do elsewhere. For 

 instance, most gardeners find the Himalayan Cyan- 

 anthus lobatus somewhat difficult to establish some- 

 what prone to disappear even when established. Here 

 it may be seen in masses a yard and a half across, 

 covered with shining blue flowers. The matchless 

 turquoise of Myosotis rupicola gleams from chinks 

 in the granite stairs in charming contrast with the 

 pearl white of Oxalis enneaphylla, the vivid rose of 

 Dianthus neglectus, the shining gold of Waldsteinia 

 trifoliata and the profound blue of gentianella. This 

 little forget-me-not, not often seen in private gardens, 

 is the choicest of the whole family for wall decoration, 

 for it is compact in habit, growing in dainty tufts, 

 asking only for a narrow, deep crevice, with grit 

 and loam to keep its roots cool, and free space 

 overhead to allow it to enjoy the sunshine. 



Notable among scores of pretty herbs on this 

 wall and terrace are wreaths of Campanula G. F. 

 Wilson, a hybrid between C. pulla and C. carpatica, 

 a plant of extraordinary merit owing to the 



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