CORKOUK 



abundance of its dark blue flowers ; Edrianthus 

 (Wahlenbergia) pumilio, with a profusion of purple 

 blossom produced from cushions of glaucous, needle- 

 shaped leaves; Acantholimum glumaceum spreading 

 into large prickly pillows of green, starred with 

 rosy sprays ; the Pyrenean Globularia nana ; Oxalis 

 enneaphylla, a dainty woodsorrel from the Falkland 

 Islands with waxy-white flowers ; the beautiful 

 Pyrenean gromwell, Lithospermum Gastoni, with 

 sky-blue clusters, and the rare Gentiana Frodichi 

 from Carinthia, with vase-shaped flowers of the 

 same colour. 



Spring lags late in these high places ; the first 

 snowdrop may not hang its head till its brethren 

 on the seaboard have grown lank and green ; but 

 when the frost relaxes its grip and the snow-wreaths 

 sink out of sight, growth comes with a rush, and 

 the profusion of blossom is such as has to be seen 

 before it can be realised. 



Gardeners and amateurs owe much to Sir John 

 Stirling Maxwell for having shown by example both 

 at Corrour and Pollok what excellent results may be 

 obtained in decorative horticulture under the most 

 discouraging and apparently prohibitive conditions. 



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