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counties of England as it is said to be in Scotland. Capparis 

 spinosa does very well in my rockery ; it loves a horizontal posi- 

 tion, and is quite as happy there as if it were growing on the 

 shore of the Lago di Como. The large white petals form a 

 beautiful cup, and this, with the parti-coloured stamens, com- 

 mands great admiration. The ovary is borne on a long 

 stalk, so as to be level with the purplish anthers. Cypripedium 

 spectabile should never be forgotten ; it will grow either in sun 

 or in shade, but it takes the latter for choice. I imagine that 

 the secret of success with a great many Lilies is to give them a 

 border quite exposed to the south, and yet to prevent its being 

 ever dried up. Lilium auratum undoubtedly does better in such 

 a position than anywhere else, and it is a great advantage to it 

 if the bed in which it is planted has a concreted bottom (it keeps 

 in the moisture), and which is a little inclined, so as to prevent 

 any chance of stagnant water settling on it. One of the most 

 imposing plants at any time of the year is, after all, the old 

 familiar cottage garden Lilium candidivm, and it seems with me 

 to have no special requirements at all. Lilium giganteum must 

 be grown in the shade, and the great point is to keep it from 

 flowering too soon, if that can be managed. But Lilies are a 

 study by themselves, and there is no room for it here. My 

 midsummer garden is not quite innocent of Eoses, though I only 

 have representatives of some few interesting species, and do not 

 grow hybrid perpetuals at all. I have been very much pleased 

 with the manner in which Fortune's Yellow Eose got through the 

 ordeal of last winter in my hands. It is a very nice thing, but 

 in England it is, I fancy, for the most part kept in a greenhouse, 

 and can never attain to any large size. I believe it to be much 

 more hardy than it is generally supposed to be, and it is certainly 

 worth trying in other places beside the Isle of Wight. Bosa 

 rugosa, B. bracteata, B.rubrifolia, B.indica, andi?. lucida are, of 

 course, great favourites with me. Bosa berberidifolia was once 

 considered to be an intractable, impossible creature. Dr. Lindley 

 gave it a bad name, for which it has suffered a good deal. Mr. 

 Watson, however, manages it with conspicuous success in a 

 greenhouse at Kew, and I have had it for several years in my 

 garden. Unfortunately, it was only a grafted plant, and so after 

 a time it wore out. The only difficulty that I know about it is 

 to get hold of a specimen on its own roots, and then it is bound 



