20 JULY 1945, Page 9

In My Garden In a northern garden I admired, though

it was queer rather than lovely, a plant that was quite new to me, and carried off some seedlings. It is Morina Longifolia. The leaves are the leaves of a giant thistle, but the flowers are in whorls at the top of the plant, which grows to a good height.' It is perennial and an attractive addition to a rough border. As to queer plants in the vegetable garden, there seems to be a growing taste for the tree onion, which indeed is useful and can be grown in any odd corner. Oddity is a virtue worth considering, though beauty comes first. W. BEACH THOMAS.