nice solid little plants, and so they remain for another summer. 

 The following season they make one leaf and so they go on. 

 They require good rich soil and plenty of water in summer. 

 Probably where summer rainfall is the rule they progress more 

 quickly ; at any rate, if one does persevere there is a big reward ; 

 my plants raised from seed now give me magnificent blooms 

 nearly all the year round. 



Strelit^ta augusta grows far more quickly and to a far greater 

 size, but I do not like it. There is too much leaf in comparison 

 with the flowers, which are white and blue. The whole plant 

 very much resembles a banana tree, and visitors to my garden 

 often insist that it is one. 



Strelit^ia parvifolia var. juncea is aptly described by its name. 

 It is neat, decorative, and the flowers are just like those of 

 S. retinae. 



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