MY SHRUBS 89 
uncommon P. Facquemontiana, from Kashmir, will now join you 
for the absurd sum of three shillings and sixpence. This is even 
more generous than the Persian, for it gives good white flowers 
in spring as well as the autumn fireworks. It is a smaller plant 
than the other, and will take some time to reach a flowering size, 
if I may judge by my little piece. 
Passiflora cerulea, from Brazil, and its invaluable white, scented 
seedling, P. “‘ Constance Elliott,” which first saw the light in this 
county, thrive on a sunny wall, and I dare say other species of 
this immense family would do the like. Some people profess to 
enjoy the golden fruits, but they are sickly fare. I tried P. quad- 
rangularis in the West Indies. The Granadilla, as it is called, is 
thought a luxury there, but time did not permit me to acquire 
the taste. 
Pentstemon Scouleri and P. cordifolius are good shrubby species 
for a warm wall. The latter attains to a considerable size, but is a 
Californian, and will demand winter protection. 
Periploca greca, from the Orient, is a hardy, deciduous climber, 
with little chocolate flowers. This old plant serves well to cover 
a rough corner or clothe a summer house. Beside mine, I set 
Rosa levigata, and now poor Periploca waves despairing arms 
through the monster rose, whose gigantic growth and evergreen 
foliage is smothering the life out of him. But he is climbing up 
into a thicket behind, and so escaping leafy death. 
Pernettya, fine thing though it is, cannot be spared the neces- 
sary space in my garden. A prosperous bush of P. mucronata, 
10 feet across and covered with its light pink berries, is a beautiful 
sight familiar to me. These Mexican shrubs make mighty masses 
in good loam, and I think the neighbourhood of the sea delights 
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