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with tiny inflorescence in summer. This, too, is pea-flowered, 
but may pass for its lilac-pink and general joyfulness. It dwells 
on a south wall in peat, side by side with Carpenteria californica, 
from the Sierra Nevada, a noble shrub with clusters of snow-white 
flowers, yellow stamens, and handsome evergreen foliage. It is 
hardy here, and a quick grower when prosperous. 
Cassia need merely be named, and Cassinia all men know; but 
Castanopsis chrysophylla, a beautiful little dwarf from Oregon, with 
a golden reverse to the dark green leaves, is still rare. I have failed 
with it, but am trying again, for it is an admirable little shrub. 
Ceanothus thyrsiflorus as it occurs at Kew, and might behave 
in your garden with ample room, is a very beautiful thing, while 
of hybrids C. ‘‘ Gloire de Versailles” is very happy here. The 
family is not among my favourites—a misfortune it survives without 
difficulty. 
Cephalotaxus Fortunei is a beautiful Chinese conifer, and the 
species most likely to succeed in an English garden. It resembles a 
shrubby yew, and has small, plum-like fruits. 
For the dwarf forest there is no more perfect little pendulous 
conifer than Chamecyparis filifera aurea. This is among my 
treasures, and its little golden arms droop to earth most delightfully. 
It is often called a Retinospora; indeed the names are inter- 
changeable. My photograph will show it to you embracing a little 
Juniper. 
Concerning Choisya ternata, it need only be _ repeated 
that this Mexican is perfectly hardy and admirable in every 
way ; while Cistus, too, has become a beautiful commonplace in 
its many forms. My picture of C. albida I submit because the 
plant was collected by me as a tiny seedling on a snowy day in 
