48 MY GARDEN 



forsythia, eleagnus, hamamelis, halimodendron, rubus 

 (including phoenicolasius, deliciosus, and nutkanus), 

 pittosporums, olearias, and carpenteria, need no 

 wall with me. Most of these flower well and grow 

 steadily. The lovely callistemon receives neither 

 shelter nor support. Of other precious things that 

 I possess as small hopeful plants may be mentioned 

 halesia tetraptera, the silver bell, or snowdrop tree ; 

 rhododendron racemosum ; kalmia glauca ; cerci- 

 diphyllum ; eriobotrya ; limonia trifoliata ; parrotia ; 

 various eucalyptus ; colletia ; eucryphia ; coriaria ; 

 abelia ; stephanandra ; prunus triloba ; ribes specio- 

 sum, and corylopsis pauciflora. 



Such glorious creatures as embothrium coccineum, 

 styrax, punica, fremontia, grevillea, stuartia, cassia, 

 cantua, crinodendron and other mighty princes 

 among flowering shrubs, I possess also mostly as 

 promising infants. 



Now in front of my garden-room stretch rounded 

 beds. One lies on each side of the entrance, and 

 each is built up in two steps. Upon the right are 

 ranges of peat ; upon the left spreads a rich loam. 

 In the peat I have azalea mollis, with a range of 

 colour from pale yellow to flaming scarlet. All these 

 hues are warm, while those of the rhododendrons 

 are cold. They must be kept widely apart. I caught a 

 bed of rhododendrons in a line with the azaleas once, 

 and was quite shaken and startled at the violence 

 of the colour-contrast. But the azaleas are over be- 

 fore the rhododendrons reach their prime. Under 

 my azaleas spring up bulbs of various muscari. The 



