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plant is difficult to grow in pots. It is a native of the higher mountains 

 of New Zealand (where very severe frosts occur) and inhabits a zone of 

 greater altitude than does the nearly hardy C. australis. Hence we 

 may expect it to be quite hardy. Yet possibly our midsummer heat may 

 be too great. As I saw it at Trewidden it was a splendid plant and 

 looked the picture of health. 



(3) Cordylinc indivisa (of gardens) : This is also grown at Trewidden, 

 and is quite distinct from C. australis, and from the real indivisa. 



(4) Cordylinc Baiiksii, as grown at Trewidden, is not such a shapely 

 plant as any of the foregoing, but carries wider and relatively larger 

 racemes of flowers, and pushes these boldly out above the foliage. 



The species of Cordylinc flower freely at Penzance, and all bifurcate 

 afterwards, in the same way as does C. australis. The flowering stage 

 does not interfere with the after-life of the individual. I did not 

 notice any attempt to grow such kinds as Doucctii, or any of the red- 

 veined forms of C. australis, in the open ground. Great success might 

 attend such experiments. 



Vaeious Plants. 



Golden Euonymus (both aurea and picta). Common in gardens quite 

 close to the sea, where drenched with salt spray. 



BicJiardia africana. Common in gardens, flowering in April. 

 Hardy. 



Phormium tenax : Common in gardens. P. t. varicgatiun less common. 

 Both flower with fair regularity. 



Amaryllis belladonna is common in all Cornish gardens, and flowers 

 yearly in all sorts of situations. A. keicensis 1 noted at Carclew and 

 also the hlanda of Continental nurseries, which is quite distinct from 

 the true hlaftda of Herbert (now probably extinct). 



Crocosmias of several kinds are naturalised at Trewidden. 



Freesia refracta : This type is hardy in Penzance gardens. 



Xarcissus hiflorus : Wild in some places, and on St. Michael's Mount, 

 flowering in March, or a month earlier than round London. It is to be 

 found in most gardens. 



Sparaxis : Yellow and white forms were in flower at Carclew during 

 my visit. No protection whatever is given to them. 



Tulipa sylvestris : Rare in gardens, and not naturalised anywhere. 



Iris tingitana : In flower at Trewidden, the plants being the finest 

 I have ever seen, and the variety a good one, the blue and yellow being 

 clearly defined, and more brilliant than is often the case. 



Fatsia japonica: I found this in fruit in the Morrab Gardens, 

 Penzance. 



Myosotidiuni nohilc : However difiicult this plant may be to grow in 

 some gardens, it flourishes at Carclew, and I saw it there in flower in 

 April, looking quite at home. 



Anemones of various kinds, including A. fulgens, are common in 

 gardens, but do not flourish specially well, nor did I see any naturalised. 



Boses generally did not seem to enjoy so much rain as the extreme 

 S.W. coast of Cornwall provides. 



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