112 THE STORY OF MY ROCK GARDEN 



Campanula muralis is still gay with its deep violet 

 bells, while the Eryngiums are just coming into their 

 full beauty ; the inflorescence of E. alpinum, of a 

 metallic blue shade, is most imposing, while E. giganteum 

 shimmers in its grey tone ; both last for weeks and are 

 most decorative. 



On the bog, Lobelia fulgens is very showy, with its 

 dazzling carmine flowers and crimson foliage, while its 

 blue companion syphilitica makes a charming contrast. 



Cyclamen europeum also is at its best now, the round- 

 ish dark green leaves carpeting the ground in shady 

 places, and rising from between them the numerous 

 flowers of reddish purple. 



(Enothera missouriensis, of prostrate habit, with 

 silvery green leaves, and clear yellow flowers, will be 

 gay with blossom until the end of October ; the white 

 (Enothera taraxacifolia, too, has each evening a pro- 

 fusion of lovely white sweet-smelling flowers upon it, 

 which by early morning will be rich pink. 



Sax. Fortunei, from China, is in flower this month, 

 throwing up from its glossy leaves stalks some twelve 

 to sixteen inches high, and daintily arranged on these 

 are the quaint white flowers, with three short petals 

 and two long ones, as in Sax. sarmentosa ; the position I 

 find most suitable is a semi-shady one, where the soil 

 is moist. The danger with this plant is the liability 

 of its blossoms being spoilt by early frosts. 



