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coloured blooms most of them if in- 
ches in diameter and more than double 
the size when first flowered here. 
S. imiflora^ a native of the Alps of 
northern and central Nippon, differs 
from the plant ofNorthCarolina(;5'.^^^'- 
cifolid) chiefly in having larger blooms, 
more prostrate and somewhat broader 
leaves, with more prominent veins and 
shorterflower-stems; some of the flow- 
ing spring. I have not in any way pro- 
tected my plants and they appear to de- 
light in a rainy and inclement winter, 
which is not surprising when their 
native habitat is remembered. I have 
not as yet succeeded in raising seed- 
lings, nor has the quality of the seed, 
up to the present given me much hope 
of doing so. W. T. HINDMARSH. 
Alnbank, Alnwick. 
Shortia Uniflora in the rock-garden at Alnbank, Alnwick {^Engraved for Flora}') 
ers hardly rise above the foliage. I have 
had my two plants for about seven years 
and that shown in the engraving has 
always grown in peat in a southern ex- 
posure. It greatly exceeds in vigour 
the second plant, which, until recently, 
was on the northern slope of the rock- 
garden in peat and loam mixed, and 
annually produces a few bright rose 
flowers. The foliage of both is very 
brilliant in autumn, being richly veined 
and shaded from August till the follow- 
THE BROAD-LEAVED ROCK- 
FOILS {Megased). 
These plants are among the hardiest, 
most easily grown and useful of ever- 
green perennials, and have very distinct 
and high value for the garden. Save for 
two or three tender kinds they thrive 
anywhere and are remarkable for their 
bold foliage, often richly coloured in 
autumn and winter, and for their finely 
coloured flowers. Their one fault is 
that these come so early as sometimes to 
