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of summer. The plants that have given the most 

 welcome results are the followmg, and I give the 

 list, as it may be useful to the reader of these 

 " Thoughts on Gardening " : Aubrietia grcEca, A. g. 

 LdchtUni, A. g. variegaia, A. Hendersmd; Arabis 

 albida, A. a. variegata, alpine auriculas, Variegated 

 Crown Imperial ; Carex (sedge) riparia variegaia ; 

 double white and pmk daisies ; Daisy Rob Roy, 

 which is scarlet ; Dwonicum austriacum, D. planta- 

 gineum excelsum, the lovely winter heath {Erica 

 carnea) ; Golden Feather, Hetichera kispida,~aiso 

 known as S. Richardsmd ; HemerocalUs (day lily) 

 fulva variegata, HeUeborv^ foetidris, the variegated 

 Gladwin {Iris foetidisdma variegata) ; the Forget- 

 me-nots, Myosotis dissitiflora, d. alba, M. alpestris. 

 Queen Victoria ; Phahris Arundinacea variegata, 

 Phhx anwena, P. divaricata, P. subulata, P. s. 

 Nelsom, P. s. Newry Seedling, yellow, white, 

 and more richly coloured polyanthuses; Gilbert's 

 Harbinger primrose, Wilson's Blue, Primula 

 dliata superba; Sawifraga cordifoUa purpurea, 

 S. purpurascens, S. Ugulata, S. Composi ( Wallacei), 

 S. muscoides purpurea, S. hypnoides', pansies, 

 Ardwell Gem, Admiration, Bullion, Countess of 

 Kintore, Blue Ring, Duchess of Fife, Duchess of 

 Sutherland ; violets. Lady Hume Campbell, single 



