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DECEMBER 



that greet the early year are as precious as the white 

 splendour of the rare prunus that has conspicuously 

 adorned the spacious lawn of the country house on the 

 hill above the cottage. 



So it is not only the botanical specialist that is proud 

 of the census of flowers, taken as a greeting to the New 

 Year in the big garden. The following plants, which 

 number over fifty, were in blossom : 



Lonicera standistii 



Lonicera fragrantissima 



Buddleia auriculata 



Berberis Bealii 



Berberis Darwinii 



Choisia ternata 



Viburnum fragrans 



Chimonanthes fragrans 



Cyclamen europeum 



Cyclamen abericum 



Jasminum nudiflorum 



Erica lusitanica 



Daphne mezereum album 



Forsythia spectabilis 



Pieris tainvaneysis 



Pieris floribunda 



Veronica spicata and hybrids 



Arbutus unedo 



Prunus subhirtella autumnalis 



Viburnum tfoyig 



Anchusa myrititiflora 



Violets 



Pernettya mucronata 



Clarkia 



Iris lustris 



Anemone coronaria 



Crocus aurens 



Iris unguicularis 



Iris stylosa 



Crocus laevigatus 



Crocus vitelinus 



Crocus graeca 



Crocus coryensis 



Narcissus bulbocodium 



Erica darleyansis 



Senecio 



Cheiranthus cheiri 



Ceanothus Edinburgh hybrids 



Chrysanthemum mawyi 



Chrysanthemum garden 



Primulae 



Schisostylis coccinea 



Narcissus Fazetta 



Abutilon megapotanicum 



Nerine Bowdeni 



Jasminum primutinum 



Primula polyanthus 



Helebore in var. 



Anemone hepatica 



Marigold 



Polyanthus rose 



Verbena 



Gorse 



mn. 

 Marguerite 



