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uncommon P. Jacquemontiana, from Kashmir, will now join you 

 for the absurd sum of three shillings and sixpence. This is even 

 more generous than the Persian, for it gives good white flowers 

 in spring as well as the autumn fireworks. It is a smaller plant 

 than the other, and will take some time to reach a flowering size, 

 if I may judge by my little piece. 



Passiflora ccerulea, from Brazil, and its invaluable white, scented 

 seedling, P. " Constance Elliott" which first saw the light in this 

 county, thrive on a sunny wall, and I dare say other species of 

 this immense family would do the like. Some people profess to 

 enjoy the golden fruits, but they are sickly fare. I tried P. quad- 

 rangularis in the West Indies. The Granadilla, as it is called, is 

 thought a luxury there, but time did not permit me to acquire 

 the taste. 



Pentstemon Scouleri and P. cordifolius are good shrubby species 

 for a warm wall. The latter attains to a considerable size, but is a 

 Calif ornian, and will demand winter protection. 



Periploca grceca, from the Orient, is a hardy, deciduous climber, 

 with little chocolate flowers. This old plant serves well to cover 

 a rough corner or clothe a summer house. Beside mine, I set 

 Rosa Icevigata, and now poor Periploca waves despairing arms 

 through the monster rose, whose gigantic growth and evergreen 

 foliage is smothering the life out of him. But he is climbing up 

 into a thicket behind, and so escaping leafy death. 



Pernettya, fine thing though it is, cannot be spared the neces- 

 sary space in my garden. A prosperous bush of P. mucronata, 

 10 feet across and covered with its light pink berries, is a beautiful 

 sight familiar to me. These Mexican shrubs make mighty masses 

 in good loam, and I think the neighbourhood of the sea delights 



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