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interested in the methods there adopted. Many vahiable suggestions and 

 ideas may be noted there which, if carried out in other phices, would add 

 a charm to the surroundings and in some measure abolish the monotony 

 so frequently seen in summer bedding. Among other plants named 

 he observed Begonia corallina doing well under an Oak-tree, plunged as 

 suggested by the writer of the paper. The Sivainsonia was also used to a 

 good purpose {S. galegifolia and S. g. alba). He thought he was correct 

 in stating that the soil there was light with a peaty tendency. This 

 would be all in favour, as contrasted with a cold clayey soil, for such 

 purposes. By exposure and by root-limitation the growths made by these 

 and kindred semi-tender plants would be well ripened ; hence a slight 

 autumnal frost would not be so destructive as to planted-out subjects, 

 which in the late autumn become soft and sappy. Many so-called 

 summer-bedding plants are not so hardy as those quoted by Mr. Towns- 

 end. Many greenhouse plants are hardier than some of us imagine ; e.g. 

 Lapageria rosea is a case in point, to which more harm would accrue by 

 exposure to the heat of the sun than by a frost. The best place to plant 

 it is against a north wall. 



Mr. A. Dean added that he had seen the charming gardens in 

 question, stating that Sir William Farrer is an enthusiastic gardener. 

 Many others might, he thought, adopt this system of plunging in pots for 

 summer effect in the flower garden. 



