DECEMBER 139 



one has not, that I give his list as he wrote it : 'To begin 

 with Eoses. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria; Allister Stella 

 Gray, climber ; Gustave Eegis ; Maman Cochet, have done 

 best with me. Adonis autumnalis ; Alonsoa Warscewiczi ; 

 Kaulfussia amelloides, are three annuals new to me. Ads 

 autumnalis is a small South of Europe bulb, rare and sup- 

 posed to thrive out of doors in sandy soil. Cimicifuga 

 racemosa I think all borders ought to have this tall-grow- 

 ing, handsome herbaceous plant; Dictamnus fraxinella 

 and its white variety ; Eupatorium purpureum ; Gypsophila 

 prostrata ; Phygelius capensis ; Polemonium Hichardsoni ; 

 Budbeckia purpurea ; Spigelia Marilandica ; Styrax jap- 

 onica ; Thalictrum flavum. Withenia origanifolia is a new, 

 very highly praised creeper which I shall try.' I cannot 

 find this creeper mentioned in any of my gardening books. 

 Phormium tenax (the New Zealand Flax) makes a 

 very handsome tub plant for a bare entrance drive or 

 large terrace. If treated like the Agapanthus in full sun 

 it flowers. 



Two or three years ago, when I knew nothing about 

 Eoses, a very clever Eose grower, who had devoted his 

 life to them, wrote me out the following list, with the 

 assurance that every one of them was worth having : ' A 

 selection of Eoses which, in ground well dug and liber- 

 ally fed with farmyard manure, sheltered but not over- 

 shadowed, like Phyllis, " never fail to please." Hybrid 

 Perpetuals : Duke of Edinburgh ; Etienne Levet ; 

 General Jacqueminot \ Her Majesty ; Jules Margottin ; 

 Marguerite Dickson ; Mrs. John Laing; Merveille de 

 Lyons ; Paul Neron ; Ulrich Brunner. Hybrid Teas : 

 Captain Christy ; Grace Darling ; Gustave Eegis ; Lady 

 Mary Eitzwilliam ; La France ; Vicomtesse Folkestone ; 

 Caroline Testout. Teas : Anna Ollivier ; Bouquet d'Or ; 

 Homere ; Madame de Watteville ; Madame Falcot ; 



