2 з ГНЕ 
GARDENERS’ 
There were ША чын у of Coconut 
palms (Cocos 
into bearing. Close aw 
by I also sa 
d eing common. 
The “Silk Cotton Tree (Bombax malabaricum) 
thrives here. 
A hage clump of Russelia juncea was in full 
bloom, and with its coral-red, t upalar R аа 
asi 
an edgi of Hymenocallis gave a very ple 
effect. The Japanese Rice Paper ut ni (Fatsia 
papyrifera) was growing here al A species of 
Justicia is extensively used as an edging every- 
where, w effective pura a ку кое, f 
Agaves. Acalypha Sanderiana in flower, 
a border of it, 50 yards long, ihe iim six rae 
high, making a fine кө" 
Fro e flower garden proper, 
a perg long, furnished with 
Thunbergia оа, Allamanda grandiflora, 
and oth table climbers formed the connec- 
tion. In kground on either side, grew 
ide 
оре Poinsettias, Bauhinia variegata, and 
other plan 
In the ene? 2 saw dies iolets in m 
Poins 
Begonias 
Eucharis 
ак 
by Cork Nem: 100 feet bis. dd 
тешу menti — they filled EA deighbotibuidd 
their delicious (fragram 
b foliage etico 15 provided pon 
Colera.. There 
to 800 
magnificent mas mass of gl glow: 
mexicanum, edged with Tagetes, was. 
another bed. 
At one end of the ceti I „рын 
arch of Allamanda grandiflor; 
m cerea: in 
with climbers, many 
The 1o illos wing were 
no ри leptopus, 
glabra, Вісш ct 
ор п тала. ра 
"Thaubergia iunc Bignonia gracilis, Alla 
manda  violac qoid, тшш. are), 5 
pT m dendi 
of ot which were in flower. 
Bougainvilies 
А 
use is 4 terrace 
f Grevillea rcbusta, 
e of ste s to 
terrace, in the centre m Borse is a 
fountain with four fine specimen: Plümbago 
cap on he basin, and 
the reflection of the flowers in the water gives 
a very fine effect. On either side of are 
елат for: e, cut i 
via sp! р > Coreopsis, 
eene y wers. 
B. lateritia, De last a lovely variety, with 
brick-red flov 
Descending "e the lowest terrace there were 
seen reds of Can nas in full bloom, 
ith gravel paths 
oot of the retaining 
ne gas the two terraces is a raised border 
ae planted to guit the season on the 
of a Posee е 
Gerbera Чайын сагпеа; 
Achimenes, French and African Манаса 
be 
Fre. 1. gph FISTULOSUM : THE JAPANESE | 
EEK : MUCH REDUCED. 
Cosmos bipinnatus; the orange-coloured Cosmos, 
named Klondike, Impatiens ды, [шашки 
т, Coleus and many oth r plants The 
order was rai 18 inches hiis g ith 
Australian Laisy believed to be Vittadinia 
austr: A. i border of poss D 
religiosa was 
ied on the ‘Nort rth ide of the terrace, in a 
long bord on ис slope of which Crinum 
PET NE ae plan about 120 “fine specime 
producing a fine 
I concluded my tour by a Vili titio. Kt: 
ming pond,“ which is just outside the garden 
proper, and, on a ы аналыгы edet oid a burning 
sun о verhead, 
ect. 
CHRONICLE . 
n 
;. 2 Frow: 
given a ;plendid di 
[Jury 5, 1919. 
Strange to вау лон е and bulbs for 
spring plantin had not en grown with 
success, whilst, as або betore, эй ог 
two crops cannot be grown successiu ly in the 
the le garden reflected t] 
greatest, E on se p of ur Little, who - 
5 is garden to blossom in үе: wilder. 
ness. T. Thompson,  Croj od ardens, 
Blackwell. 
JAPANESE LEEK. 
UM onec M. 
Co У 
in their 
x Nogi? originally from Ni : { 
s not been ше о discover as ine form | 
. fistulosum grow hel this 
lea d 
altered i E due Onion. 
TREES AND SHRUBS. 
CAESALPINIA JAPONICA. 
ING shrubs generally have, this m 3 
splay of blossoms, and 
before Caesalpi japonic 
such f E 
h eats The i e 
produced on short e growths of 
current year, little t 
eme of from 30 to 40 bright yellow flowers | 
elicately poised оп slender pedicels. T 
treaks of crimson which suffuse the upper petal | 
of each flower add conspici te the мй ш, a 
Even if us never 
ered, 
for its beautiful Poner foliage 
so light and & feathery " in appearance that i 
