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ing find at the cost of much previous exer- 
tion and disappointment. Plants were at 
once sent to Messrs Hart and Darton, and 
two or three of these rootlets are establish- 
ing themselves in my veronica bed at Morn- 
ington. ‘hey are not much to look at yet, 
and even when established Gilliesiana may 
not be one of the gems of the veronica 
world, but interest lies in the little history 
J have narrated of Dr M‘Kay’s success in 
locating plants of the species after his 
praiseworthy exertions, and of settling the 
doubts of present-day lovers of the veronica 
as to the identity of the plants in the 
Christchurch Gardens and elsewhere. 
The Whipcord Veronicas. 
Coming now to the whipcord species, the 
most cursory inspection of them discloses 
such extraordinary variations in their char- 
acteristics as to excite wonder and admira- 
tion. It is not necessary that an interested 
examiner of them should possess abstruse 
botanical knowledge to enable him _ to 
admire and marvel at their peculiarities 
and their variable structure, although it is 
to be admitted that scientific knowledge 
discloses features that must escape the 
attention of a non-scientific investigator. It 
is only from the standpoint of the latter, 
unfortunately, that I am qualified to say 
anything about them, and if I fail 
to adequately refer to their —struc- 
tural beauties, I need only ask those 
of my readers who are specially interested 
to consult Mr Cheeseman’s richly informa- 
dive volume. Nor, indeed, does space per- 
mit me to do any more than make the 
sketchiest references to a few of the most 
striking of the species. If my few imper- 
fect sentences have the effect of inducing 
readers of these articles to take a wider in- 
terest in the growing of whipcord veronicas 
in their rockeries, I shall be amply repaid 
for any trouble I have taken in acquiring 
some superficial knowledge of the species. 
Such a visit as I recently paid to the 
veronica beds at Wetherstones which have 
been established under the fostering care 
of Messrs Hart and Darton, does more, I 
know, to inspire a keen interest in the 
