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it does fairly well with you ; but have you seen it 

 in Chili ? " They have not more have I yet the 

 mere question depresses them, and enables me swiftly 

 to change the subject. I may remark that tropaeolum 

 tuberosum does extremely well here, and polyphyllum 

 is one of the prides of my rockwork in June. T. pen- 

 taphyllum, however, refuses to bloom with me out 

 of doors. He comes from Buenos Ayres, like salpi- 

 chroa, but lacks that well-meaning ruffian's giant 

 energy, and must have an indoor place. The 

 Canary creeper I despise, and with greenhouse 

 tropaeolums such as Jarrattii and azureum I have 

 absolutely and utterly failed. 



There remains, among perennial things, to note 

 lonicera. Fragrantissima grows on my garden-room, 

 but none else. To be frank, I have lost heart about 

 honeysuckles since seeing lonicera Hildebrandiana on 

 the west wall of a friend's house. There it revels 

 and reaches to the roof. Its extraordinary foliage and 

 immense and fragrant trumpets of bloom each four 

 inches long and of the most glorious sunrise hue 

 are a wonder and a delight. After beholding such 

 a honeysuckle, I feel that Nature has spoken the 

 highest possible word on this subject, and lift up 

 my voice, and bless Upper Burma for her invaluable 

 achievement. But who was this Hildebrand ? 



