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many different kinds, and they will grow in such a sat- 

 isfactory way in such bad places. In London gardens 

 or back yards Ivy can be made into quite a feature. As 

 Curtis says, in his ' Flora Londinensis ' : ' Few people 

 are acquainted with the beauty of Ivy when suffered to 

 run up a stake, and at length to form itself into a 

 standard ; the singular complication of its branches and 

 the vivid hue of its leaves give it one of the first places 

 amongst evergreens in a shrubbery.' 



My Lancashire friend sends me a list of a few Roses 

 and annuals. Lists are always so useful to all garden- 

 ers, as it is interesting to know what one has got and 

 what one has not, that I give his list as he wrote it : 

 'To begin with Roses. Kaiserin Augusta Victoria, 

 Allister Stella Gray (climber), Gustave Regis, Maman 

 Cochet, have done best with me. Adonis autumnalis, 

 Alonsoa Warscewiczii, and Kaulfussia amelloides are three 

 annuals new to me. Acts autumnalis is a small South 

 of Europe bulb, rare and supposed to thrive out of 

 doors in sandy soil. Cimicifuga racemosa — I think all 

 borders ought to have this tall- growing, handsome 

 herbaceous plant ; Dictamnus fraxinella and its white 

 variety, JEupatorium purpureum, Oypsophila prostrata, 

 Phygelius capensis, Polemonium Bichardsoni, BudbecMa 

 purpurea, Spigelia Marilandica, Styrax japoniea, Thalic- 

 trum fiavum. Withenia origanifolia is a new, very 

 highly praised creeper which I shall try.' I cannot find 

 this creeper mentioned in any of my gardening books. 

 Phormium tenax (the New Zealand Flax) makes a very 

 handsome tub plant for a bare entrance drive or large 

 terrace. If treated like the Agapanthus, in full sun, it 

 flowers. 



Two or three years ago, when I knew nothing about 

 'Roses, a very clever Rose grower, who had devoted his 

 life to them, wrote me out the following list, with the 



