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with tiny inflorescence in summer. This, too, is pea-flowered, 

 but may pass for its lilac-pink and general joyfulness. It dwells 

 on a south wall in peat, side by side with Carpentaria calijornica^ 

 from the Sierra Nevada, a noble shrub with clusters of snow-white 

 flowers, yellow stamens, and handsome evergreen foliage. It is 

 hardy here, and a quick grower when prosperous. 



Cassia need merely be named, and Cassinia all men know ; but 

 Castanopsis chrysophylla, a beautiful little dwarf from Oregon, with 

 a golden reverse to the dark green leaves, is still rare. *I have failed 

 with it, but am trying again, for it is an admirable little shrub. 



Ceanothus thyrsiflorus as it occurs at Kew, and might behave 

 in your garden with ample room, is a very beautiful thing, while 

 of hybrids C. " Gloire de Versailles " is very happy here. The 

 family is not among my favourites a misfortune it survives without 

 difficulty. 



Cephalotaxus Fortunei is a beautiful Chinese conifer, and the 

 species most likely to succeed in an English garden. It resembles a 

 shrubby yew, and has small, plum-like fruits. 



For the dwarf forest there is no more perfect little pendulous 

 conifer than Chamcecyparis filijera aurea. This is among my 

 treasures, and its little golden arms droop to earth most delightfully. 

 It is often called a Retinospora ; indeed the names are inter- 

 changeable. My photograph will show it to you embracing a little 

 Juniper. 



Concerning Choisya ternata, it need only be repeated 

 that this Mexican is perfectly hardy and admirable in every 

 way ; while Cistus, too, has become a beautiful commonplace in 

 its many forms. My picture of C. albida I submit because the 

 plant was collected by me as a tiny seedling on a snowy day in 



