The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . umshave been planted and become well established, andjudging by some of the remaining flower-stems these others, has an eftect not easily produced by otherplants. Behind this in the distance breaks into view arock of large dimensions, while in the imme-diate front is the lake, which is large and mostpicturesquely formed; the irregular outline, withmassive rock-studded sides, and the numerous creeksor bays which have been formed, all lend a naturalcharm to it. Growing in the waters of the lake area var
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . umshave been planted and become well established, andjudging by some of the remaining flower-stems these others, has an eftect not easily produced by otherplants. Behind this in the distance breaks into view arock of large dimensions, while in the imme-diate front is the lake, which is large and mostpicturesquely formed; the irregular outline, withmassive rock-studded sides, and the numerous creeksor bays which have been formed, all lend a naturalcharm to it. Growing in the waters of the lake area variety of aquatics, including masses of thewhite Water Lily (Nymphsa alba), the Cape PondWeed (Aponogeton distachyon?, and many to the waters edge is a variety of plants of amoisture-loving character, including some of the betterof the mossy Saxifrages and Bambusa Metake, infine stately clumps. This Bamboo is probably one ofthe most useful for this climate, as it withstands ourseverest winters with impunity. It is not the mostgraceful of its class, but being thoroughly hardy, of. Fig. 9.—SARRACENIA MOORE!. PETALS ROSY-PINK, CREAM-COLOURED WITHIN. (SEE P. 40) ofsitualion and treatment. The principal kinds VvefeC. eximia, C. conspicua, C. Chandleri elegans, plena, C. alba plena, and last, but notleast, two very fine specimens of C. reticulata, some15 feet high. The other occupants comprisedsome well-grown Poinsettias, with heads of bractsfrom 15 to 18 inches in diameter. A few Chry-santhemums still flowering bore evidence of havingmade a fine display. Cobcea scandens capensis, Abutilons, Lapagerias red andwhite, were suspended from pillars and festoon-ing from the roof. Fine plants of Cypripedium insignehad quantities of fully developed blooms. Epacriseswere gay, so also were a host of other pants; the mot-tled leaves of Farfugium grande were showing well fromamidst the abundance of other foliage surrounding it,liabrothamnus fasciciilari
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