Pat Knight brought Isopogon formosus, interesting for the beauty of its foliage as well as the rosy purple flowers. A native of Australia, it is a small, evergreen shrub to 5 ft. The foliage is alternately divided into short narrow segments, very firm, almost stiff. The flower is a star-burst of slender tubular flowers springing from a compact head, 2 ins. across. Bloom proceeds spirally upward from the base of an acorn-shaped bud, each lilac-colored tube opening at the tip into 5 thread-like lobes and a long, exerted yellow stamen.