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October 1, 1907 
ADELAIDE 
Plant Notes. 
PoUGAINVILLEA GLABRA Wituiam K. 
Parris is destined to be extensively 
groyn for yurposes for which other ya- 
rieties have but seldom been used. The 
folicge is keeutifully spotted with creamy 
white, the spots in such numbers that it 
is a question, as the plant is scmetires 
seen, Which color predominates, 
Preris Cuitpsit is one of the most 
beautiful if not the best pteris in culti- 
vation ; it is a very robust grower, with 
large fronds and the pinnze markedly 
denutated and undulated. This variety 
does not produce spores—a fact that will 
militate against it becoming very plenti- 
ful for some time to come. 
ASPARAGUS DucHENI is a valuable plant 
when grown, either for its use as a de- 
corative plant or for cutting from, and it 
is exceedingly well suited for private 
greenhouses. It is of a vigorous, climbing 
habit, with striking shiny green foliage. 
THE ALPINIAS are pretty plants and A. 
fandere, which is of recent introduction, 
is especially handsome, ihe leaves being 
akout five inches long and tapering in a 
novel manner at both ends. The cclor of 
the foliage is a deep Lut bright green 
with bread stripes cf white, close together, 
frcm the mid rib to the margin. 
Ficus PANDURATA seems to ke increas- 
ing constantly in the estimation of plant 
growers and buyers alike, This plant is 
not only unique ard very decorative in 
appearence, but it also possesses a consti- 
tution that enables it to get along in a 
thrifiy condition under unfavorable cir- 
cumstances. ,, 
Crasstia LycoroproipEs.—This fresh- 
lcoking apparently tender plant, a native 
of Scuth Africa, where it is found grow- 
ing on dry stony ground, is being recom- 
mendedina Continental gardening journal 
as being very suitable as a carpet bedding 
plant. Its name descrikes its appearance, 
which is more that of a lycopodium than 
a crassula, and at first sight it might be 
taken as belonging to that genus. The 
plant is a gocd subject for employment 
in jardinieres, in the same manner as 
lycopodiums, and asa pot plant or planted 
out in sunny dry situations in conserva- 
tories it would be quite at home. The 
propagation of the plant from cuttings is 
easy, and a one year old plant will afford 
several hundredscf them. There are two 
other varieties of the plent which form a 
‘less dense growth of shcots, and whose 
leaves are of a greyish green tint. 
' AcactA MottTrana (syn. A. Podalyriz- 
folia).—The chief merit which this plant 
possesses is its continuous flowering for a 
period of from three to four months, and 
in this particular it has no equal among 
“eacacias—the greatly valued A. dealbata 
scarcely remains in bloom for one month. 
The blooms are globular, lightly arranged 
on the spikes, and sessile. 
Tue American mist tree, Rhus cotin- 
oides, is a better species than the common 
one of Europe, KR. cotinus The leaves 
are larger, handsomer and of a pleasing 
green color, while the growth of the shrub 
is not so straggling as that of the other, 
It is still rather uncommon in collections, 
For steep banks and terraces, Lippia 
repens and Mesembryanthemum subcom- 
pressum are most valuable plants, for the 
reason that they require very little water 
during summer. The jatter is of the most 
dazzling brightness when in bloom, the 
stems growing 10 to 2U feet in height. 
TE, aa) 
LA FRANCE. 
One of the finest of the Spring and Autumn blooming Roses, and for which we- 
are indebted to Guillot, the renowned French rogarian. 
Introduced in 1867. For- 
merly classed as a hybrid perpetual, but now classified by the National Rose Society 
of England asa hybrid tea. 
A charming Rose, of a pale peach or lilac rose colour, 
with silvery white centre : of perfect form, and a most delightful perfume, essentially 
its own, and not approeched by that of any other Rose. 
A general favorite both for 
the garden and fer exhibition. ‘The smallest garden should haye a few feet of space 
reserved for “La France,” which often produces its best blooms when but lightly — 
pruned and grown in comparatively pocr soil.._A so-called climbing variety of this. . 
Rose was brought cut in 1894, but is not to be relied upon as a climber. ‘e 
