JUNE 115 



flowers, glimmering in the gloaming (or as Devonshire 

 folk would express it, ' in the dimsey ') like a snowdrift. 

 Lastly, let me draw attention to Mimulus radicans, a 

 native of New Zealand, as an ideal carpeting plant for 

 bulbs. Covering the ground closely with little spoon- 

 shaped bronzy leaves which lie flat on the soil, it does 

 not interfere with the welfare of other herbs as doth 

 that dread strangler Arenaria Balearica, and at this 

 season it is starred with monkey-flowers of clear yellow, 

 rich violet and pure white. 



