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barbata,with wliito variety ; Genista sagittaria; Ranunculus aconitlfolius, E. montana; 

 Narcissus trismdrus (i-er_y beautiful) ; Asphodelus ramosus; Digitalis aurea ; (Enotbera 

 fruticosa; Liliastrum liliago (St. Bruno's Lily) ; Orobus vernus, 0. speciosa; Yucca 

 filamentosa ; Cheiranthus Mariballii (hybrid), C. alpina ; Convallaria multiflora 

 (Solomon's Seal) ; Aconitura autumnale, A. versicolor, A. alba ; Adonis vernalis ; 

 Iris acuta; Eudbeckia fulgida ; Salvia argentea ; Spirea Japonica, S. venusta, S. 

 aruncus ; Hcmerocallis flava; Ecbinops bannatieus ; Trollius Europteus; Saxifraga 

 pyramidalis ; Polygonum Sieboldii ; Lychnis chalcedonica alba ; Pentstemoa ovatus 

 P. argutus, P. digitalis ; Veronica carneei, V. Caucasicus; Pa3onia tenuifolia ; Del- 

 phinium sinensis (the double varieties of this are splendid) ; Uvularia puberula, U. 

 grandiflora, U. perfoliata ; Dorouicum Caucasicum ; Platicodon granditlora (a gem) ; 

 Mimulus cardinalis (varieties) ; Aquilegia caryophylla (handsome) ; Linum parenne 

 (varieties); Mellissa grandiflora ; Statice Gmelini ; Stachys aurautiaca; Cerastium 

 tomeutosum ; Monardia dydima, M. Eusselliana ; Physostegia speciosa. 



EEMARKS ON THE POEEQOING SEIECTIOK. 



Before I make a few remarks on the above selection, I must offer my best thanks 

 to Mr. Williams, for the trouble he has taken to oblige our readers. As to The 

 O'Shane's list, part of wbicli was quoted from tbe " Gardener's Magazine" of June 

 23, 1866, it contains all tbe good things that may be grown in English gardens 

 without any special preparation of soil, or any fear as to their hardiness. In proof 

 that it consists of good things only, I have added the names of all the plants, so 

 that those who wish to select for themselves may do so. The description of Cam- 

 panula rotundifolia as " red," was a typographical error ; the original list is correct 

 in every particular. 



Mr. Williams's list is a good one, but no two lists of such things would agree. 

 Thus he gives us Achillea ptarmlca, which is a coarse though handsome plant. • He 

 gives Spirea Japonica, which is indeed a gem (The O'Siiane did not forget it), but it 

 is not everywhere so hardy as to be of any use. I know of many places where it 

 is never seen in full beauty, and I am assured by Mr. Chitty and some other of our 

 best herbaceous men in these parts, that it is better grown as I do it than elsewhere, 

 and the secret of my success is that I treat it as a frame plant. I suppose by Papaver 

 involucrata Mr. Williams means Papaver bracteatum. The name he uses is not to 

 be found in Don, Sweet, or Lindley. The Lobelias Mr. Williams names are frame 

 l^lants. Surely he does not keep them all tlie winter in the " hardy herbaceous 

 border." Their splendour cannot be denied, the pity is that very few people know 

 anything about them ; tliere is so much " bedding" madness. The plant Mr. Williams 

 calls Symphiandra pendula is, 1 suppose, the one usually catalogued as Campanula 

 pendula. To spell Dielytra as Diclytra is allowable, but our friend must not be too 

 positive in asserting that his method alone is right. If the word comes from a root 

 signifying " two shielded," then the first method with e is riglit, as any one will be- 

 lieve who has got so far in entomology as to understand what is meant by the elytra of 

 a beetle. If the word comes from a root signifying two spurs, then the c is correct. 

 Modern writers of authority are agreed that the first derivation is the one to be 

 accepted. Our friend goes a little aside to insert Yticca filamentosa, but forgets 

 Gynerium argenteum. If a Yucca, why not a grass ? The fact is, it is impossible 

 to groujj all the good things in a list "of one hundred, and the omission from Mr. 

 Williams's list of Ali/ssiim saxatlle, affords a proper excuse for turning the laugh 

 against himself, and inviting him to ioin us in a mutual confession of failibilitv. 



S.H. 



THE o'sHANE'S list 01? ONE HtJNDEED HAKDT HEBBACEOTJS PLA>'TS. 



(For tbe descriptions, we must refer our readers to the " Gardener's Magazine," 

 June 23, 186G.) 



Adonis vernalis ; Anemone apennina, A. japonica (and varieties), A. coronaria 

 (in great variety) ; Aquilegia alpina ; Delphinium (in splendid variety) ; Ilelle- 

 borus nif-er ; Preonia (iu rich variety) ; Piauunculus acris-pleno ; Epimediura pin- 

 natum-elegans ; Dielytra spectabilis ; Saponaria ocyraoides ; Baptisia australis ; 

 Coronilla varia ; Galega officinalis (and its line white variety) ; Latliyrus grandi- 

 florus, L. latifolius (and pure white variety) ; Orobiis vernus (and vai-ieties) ; Lupi- 

 nus polyphyllus ; Epilobium angustifoliuin and a. album ; Achillea millefolium 



