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Coronilla cappadocica, whilst immediately below grows a much less 
showy plant, Astragalus monspessulanus. 
Another side entrance to the Rock-garden from a little further 
up the hill, leads to the same point that we have just left, and a short 
distance along it on the right-hand side is a nice plant of Agave Han- 
buryana, a species named after my late cousin, Sir Thomas Hanbury. 
This plant has stood in the open for the last four years, and has 
much increased in size. 
I may here mention my indebtedness to the La Mortola garden for 
a large number of semi-hardy plants that we have been able to grow, 
though we have lost some of those tried. Here, too, is a group of the 
beautiful double Wood Anemone, which is pure white. 
Where these two paths join is a small pool, from which water flows 
from the central rock when turned on. Our rocks become entirely 
covered with Arenaria balearica when situated in a moist and semi- 
shaded position. The plant is one of great beauty and one that no 
one would like to be without, but at times it is very troublesome in 
creeping over and killing many small plants in its neighbourhood. A 
gardening friend told me that his only remedy for it was a scrubbing- 
brush. 
Opposite this pool is an albino variety of our British Musk Mallow 
(Malva moschata). The white form is well worth growing. This 
particular plant was found wild in our own neighbourhood ; it seeds 
freely, some of the seedlings coming true white, others reverting to 
the typical pink form. 
Leaving the pool behind us, we pass up the next bend of the main 
path, where the rock is now completely covered with Cotoneaster 
adpressa, and the white flower above it, a form of Candytuft, known 
as Snow-flake. Whilst speaking of Candytuft the planting of Iberis 
gibraltarica may be strongly recommended. It is a beautiful and 
showy biennial, which, when once established, propagates itself by 
shedding its seed all round. 
On the left of the path is a bank with a medley of plants, including 
Genista hispanica, Carpenteria, Erica lusitanica, Cistus (fig. 45), and 
Helianthemum. 
Immediately beyond it, on the left of the path, is a very fine mass 
of Lithospermum prostratum, with its gentian -blue flowers. This plant 
is scarcely ever without some flower throughout the year. The rock 
below it is clothed with the inevitable Arenaria balearica, with double 
Daisies on the pathway below that. The rocks at this corner are 
among the largest that we were able to move with the tackle at our 
disposal. Several of them weigh nearly five tons each, having been 
brought to this spot from the top of the hill on rollers. 
Facing the rock with the Lithospermum is a small corrie containing 
several plants of interest, including Salix reticulata from Perthshire. A 
plant of the large silvery-leaved Salvia argentea grows on the bank at 
the right. The path up the steps on the left leads to another side 
exit from the rock-garden. At the foot of the rocks is a good bed 
