328 EXOTICS IN COBirWALL. 



Fabiana imbricata. 

 Gaultheria procumbens. 



,, Shallon. 



Ginkgo biloba. 

 Griselinia littoralis. 

 Halesia tetraptera. 

 Hedychium Q-ardnerianum. 

 Hydrangeas, in variety. 

 Lapageria alba. 



,, rosea. 



Olearia Haastii. 

 Osmanthus fragrans. 

 Phyllocladus rbomboidalis. 

 Pittosporum Tobira. 

 Rhododendrons, in variety. 

 Skimmia japonica. 

 Stauntonia hexaphylla. 



No account of the exotics of Cornwall would be complete 

 which omitted mention of what Mrs. Powys-Rogers is doing at 



BURNCOOSE. 



A genuine lover of gardening, Mrs. Powys-Rogers is a 

 determined opponent of that self-assertive style of horticulture 

 which obtains in connection with suburban villadom under the 

 refined name of " bedding out." For correctness in the massing 

 of plants, Burncoose can be cited as an object-lesson, every 

 plant introduced into the garden being placed in position with 

 some definite object in view. What the place has to say on the 

 mildness of our Cornish winters is also important. Here the 

 Chatham Island Forget-me-not {Myosotidium noiile), a test for 

 any gardener, is seen in its finest form. Rhodochiton voluhile is 

 an equally compilable subject ; and many other half-hardy wall 

 plants have to be constantly pruned hard to be kept in subjection. 

 The selection of rare Alpine flora at Burncoose, not ranking as 

 exotics, can have no place in this paper ; nor can we do more 

 than make a passing mention of the bamboos which Mr. Powys- 

 Rogers is cultivating, as many of them are of too recent 

 introduction to enable one to say whether they are likely to 

 become permanent features. 



