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larger than M. Soulangeana, and bears pods of seeds in 

 autumn which are very curious and pretty. Fabiana im- 

 bricata, a small heath like plant, is here a beautiful thing 

 when its pearly white blossoms are open. Although it 

 resembles a heath so closely it has nothing to do with those 

 plants but belongs to the same family as the potatoe, and is a 

 very curious instance of a plant imitating those of a widely 

 different class. 



Lonicera fragrantissima is represented by several large 

 specimens. It is the earliest to flower among the honeysuckles, 

 in mild seasons a few blooms will be out at Christmas or 

 soon after. For this reason it should be planted in a warm 

 position, although the plant itself is not easily injured by frost. 

 Punica granatum, the pomegranate tree, has grown on the wall 

 for many years, and flowers every summer. I have only 

 seen a fruit on it once in 1 904 ; it did not come to maturity. 

 The flowers are bright scarlet and vary in form. The plant 

 was much injured by the severe frost of 1895, but quickly 

 recovered. 



A large plant of the Banksian Rose grows on this wall. 

 It measures 23 feet high and 40 feet wide at the top. It is 

 the double yellow variety and flowers very freely. Other 

 varieties of this rose are the small double white, the large 

 double white called Fortunii, and the single yellow mentioned 

 on page 9 1 . They are natives of China and have no thorns. 

 Another rose which has scarcely any thorns has been grown 

 here, but failed to flower Rosa laevigata syn. R. sinica ; this 

 is a native of the Southern States of America where it is called 

 the Cherokee Rose, and is frequently used for making hedges 



