158 We ^artren'* Storg. 



in diameter, placed in loose terminal panicles- 

 pale mauve varying to light blue, with a large, 

 club-like stigma. A country that can produce 

 such rugs as Bokhara, acquiring with time a 

 color and bloom like that of a ripe peach and 

 plum, ought to contribute an extraordinary flow- 

 er; but whether the flower will improve with 

 age and wear in a foreign climate is as yet unde- 

 termined. 



I do not hear anything of the great Califor- 

 nian poppy wort (Romneya Coulter /), which 

 created such a stir on its introduction into Eng- 

 land. Mr. F. A. Miller, of San Francisco, who 

 introduced it twelve or fourteen years ago, wrote 

 me, " There is no flower that combines so many 

 good qualities such a fragrance, beauty, and 

 general effect as this plant." Unfortunately, 

 it will not survive our rigorous climate, and I 

 believe it has failed to establish itself in most 

 gardens where it has been tried in England. In 

 her plants California is not accommodating, as a 

 general rule, Nature having for the most part 

 suited them only to the climate of their birth. 

 They are ill adapted to our sudden snaps of 

 winter returned. 



The roses are now in their prime. I had 

 occasion to cut a collection this morning June 

 22d rising shortly after three o'clock. A rustling 



