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aloides). Nor arc the cryptogainous plants want- 

 ing, as the references to tlie " Eern-gleu " will have 

 sliowu. The author's description of it urges one to 

 commence foraiing one of our own iinmediately, and 



Fi^. 139. Flowering Rush. 



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Fitr. 110. Water- soldier. 



the full-page illustration only serves to strengthen 

 the intention. We can readily understand that this 

 Tern-glade " is a spot of great beauty, and my 

 visitors linger over it with delight in the summer 

 afternoon." Here grow ferns from every country, 

 whose diversified fronds and tints make the place a 

 little paradise. Our English ferns grow in profu- 

 sion, none prettier, although more striking. Fungi 



Fig-. 141. Cetcrach. 



Fig. 142. Moon- wort. 



are also represented and illustraled, as are tlie 

 fresh - water algte, lichens, mosses, microscopic 

 fungi, &c. "\Teeds and wild phinis, ornamental 

 grasses — each has its section and appropriate repre- 

 sentation. Perhaps among our edible fungi none 

 can be grown 'with such certainty, or are of 

 such use in the kitchen for flavouring purposes, as 

 the Morell (IlorchcUa esculentii) , and yet we usually 

 trust to the chapter of accidents to be supplied 

 with them. The chapter on "My Porest Trees" is 

 very entertaining, as the author has collected aii 

 assortment from all climes, including the Hardy 

 Palm {Chaincerops excelsa), the only one that will 

 live out of doors in this country. The illustrations 

 of these trees and of the " Shrubs " are among the 

 best in the book. 



Natural History in almost every department has 

 been lugged in to do duty in " My Garden." Thus, 

 we have English butterflies and moths, with their 

 larvffi, and the plants on which they feed ; beetles, 

 hymenoptera, ueuroptera, diptera, &c., and a host 

 of entomological details. Conchology is represented 



Fi[j. 143. l\Io)chcHit, crassipcs. 



by the land and fresh-water snails and slugs, and 

 ichthyohigy by the species which frequent our 

 English waters. After a brief discourse on the 

 " Reptiles " and '• Garden Animals " found on the 

 es'afc, we come to the "Birds," including aquatic 



Fig. 144. Hawfinch. 



and terrestrial kinds, frugivorous, insectivorous, and 

 rapacious. One cannot wonder that a charming 

 spot like " My Garden" should be a retreat for our 

 feathered songsters, especially when they receive 

 succour and protection so freely. Accordingly, we 

 find a tolerable list of birds, such, perhaps, as could 

 only be collected together under these auspices 



