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On a Method of 



I have lost the note belonging to 

 this genus, and will not con- 

 jecture now ; but I believe 

 many more, and especially the 

 Alpine ones, will thus suc- 

 ceed ; among others, the beau- 

 tiful oppositifolia. 



Teucrium 



— scorodonia * 



— chamaedrys * 

 Tamarix 



— gallic a 

 Thalictrum 



— majus* 



— alpinum * 

 Thymus * 



— acinos 



— serpyllum 



— nepeta 



The serpyllum forms a singularly 

 beautiful ornament. 



I have already noticed the Tus- 

 silago fragrans, and may add 

 that few flowers deserve culti- 

 vation better, from the singu- 

 lar fragrance of that which 

 flowers when there is scarcely 

 another appearing. This plant 

 ought to be added to our 

 Flora ; growing in Guernsey 

 in so many and such places, 

 that it cannot have escaped 

 from gardens, the more espe- 

 cially as it is there cultivated 



but in very few, and also but 

 recently. Dr. Smith, indeed, 

 while admitting those which 

 he knew, says that, the Flora 

 of these islands has no more 

 claim on a place in a British 

 one than the Flora of Gibral- 

 tar ; a somewhat singular com- 

 parison, it must be admitted, 

 for a Briton, acquainted of 

 course with the history of 

 England, and of that country 

 which was not the conquest, 

 but the conquering side. 

 Veronica 



— arvensis * 



— verna * 

 Probably more. 



Valeriana 



— rubra* 



— calcitrapa 



— locusta 

 Verbascum * 



— thapsus 



— lychnitis 



— pulverulentum 



— nigrum 

 Vicia 



— sylvatica* 

 Urtica 



— diocea 



— pilulifera 



Among foreign genera, the hardy 

 Yuccas. 



Such is the list of my experience, having been unwilling to 

 go beyond that ; but I may suggest one or two points for the 

 consideration of those who may be inclined thus to amuse 

 themselves. 



I presume that almost every hardy Alpine which prefers 

 rocks, such as some alyssums and saxifrages, would thus 

 succeed. It is probable that similar success would attend 

 such of the foreign plants as grow in dry sands ; the mesem- 

 bryanthemums, for example, should there be any hardy ones 

 discovered, and that it would be true in general of all the 

 succulent plants, which nature has contrived for these very 



