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quantities of cut flowers are obtained here for the supply of 

 the Castle and the plot is very gay with a varied collection of 

 flowers all through the summer and autumn. A full list of the 

 plants grown here would occupy too much space and weary 

 the reader, some of the best are as follows : 



Crinum Powelli, Edelweiss (Gnaphalium leontopodium), 

 Heliotropium anchusaefolium, Epilobium latifolium, E. rose- 

 marinifolium, E. Dodonei, Rosa macrocarpa, Cytissus albus, 

 Spartium junceum, Danae laurus syn Ruscus racemosus, 

 Anemone alpina and its variety A. a. sulphurea, A. blanda in 

 several varieties, A. Robinsoniana, A. fulgens in large 

 quantities; this variety does remarkably well on the cool, 

 moist soil, and is found very useful for furnishing cut 

 flowers ; a large collection of Tulips is also very useful for 

 cutting from ; 140 varieties of Daffodils and Narcissii and a 

 large number of unnamed seedlings are grown ; Amaryllis 

 belladonna, Romneya Coulterii, Asclepias cornuti, Iris tect- 

 orum, I. palida Dalmatica and many other herbaceous and 

 bulbous Irises ; Origanum dictamnus, Phygelia capensis, 

 Delphinium Brunonianum, musk scented ; D. Cashmerianum, 

 D. formosum and many other varieties ; Tropaeolum poly- 

 phyllum, Lobelia cardinalis Queen Victoria, Salvia Patens, 

 /Ethionema saxatalis, Helichrysum arenarium ; a large collect- 

 ion of Paeonies, Ferula gigantea, Gentiana acaulis in quantity, 

 Gentiana verna, Astromoeria, Chilense, A. aurantiaca, A. 

 psittacina, Corydalis cava albiflora, Commelina coelestis, Cam- 

 panula lactiflora, C. latifolia, C.carpatica pallida, C. mirabilis, 

 C. glomerata, and many other Campanulas ; Allium roseum, 

 A. sphaerocephalum, A. Karataviense, Aloysia citriodora ; 



