blooms are packed tightly together on the 3-foot stems. I 

 have seen half an acre in bloom in a few inches of water a 

 truly lovely sight. It would do well here in my garden, but 

 every year the land crabs and the mice come and eat off the 

 young shoots as soon as they appear. However, we shall go 

 on trying. 



Kniphofia uvaria grows happily in the stiff black soil ; 

 it flowers very early in spring and again in autumn. Before 

 the land in this valley was ploughed and planted with fruit 

 trees, there were acres and acres of these glowing torch lilies 

 lighted every spring in the low-lying ground which had been 

 under water most of the winter. Now one seldom sees them 

 wild here. 



Kniphofia Tmkii also blooms early. Its flowers are not the 

 true red-hot-pokers, for their colour is a subdued old-rose 

 fading to cream, but they are very attractive. 



We have Kniphofia tritoma in bloom nearly the year 

 round, but the other species will be described in their turn. 



On hot days, gazanias make a blaze on terraces and slopes. 

 I think they should only be grown where the sun can shine 

 wholeheartedly. I saw a splendid collection of well-grown 

 plants in London, but how sad and dreary they seemed to 

 me ! Here their brilliant shades of orange, copper and bronze 

 gleam and blaze in the midday splendour, but a cloud over 

 the sun for half an hour sends them all to sleep. 



A very fine Ga^ania hybrid which turned up in a Johannesburg 

 garden was sent to me by a flower-lover there who has the 

 oitflook of the true gardener. She wanted me to have it because 

 she knew that I should appreciate it. The flowers are large. 

 On opening they are a brilliant chestnut colour with wonderful 

 patterns in the centre. As the days go on, the colour changes 

 to deep crimson and pink, ending up nearly white. Since there 

 are nearly always flowers in different stages of development 

 on the plant, the effect is very charming. 



Lately I received from a grower in U.S.A. a packet of seed 

 of his best new Ga^ania hybrids they have indeed proved to 

 be wonderful such size, and the colours ! We are not used 



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