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ciliata from the same countty, if not from the same habitat. I 

 can only say that it endured two winters at Kew with impunity 

 in the open ground. 



S. Rocheliana {Rochets S.) — This is another of the dwarf 

 encrusted-leaved section producing rosettes of grey, margined, 

 short, blunt-pointed, lance-shaped leaves. The flowers are 

 white, few together, on stout erect stalks, appearing in April 

 and May. Native of Austria, and is best adapted for rock- 

 work decoration in warm sunny positions. 



S. umbrosa {Lofidon Pride S.) — This is so familiar in gardens, 

 and so little liable to be confounded Avith any of its near 

 relatives, that description is not required. Its elegant style of 

 beauty and colouring renders it worthy a place in every col- 

 lection of hardy border-plants. It is not so frequently seen 

 about woods as the name and the capabilities of the plant 

 for enduring shade would lead one to expect. It is a pretty 

 ornament of mixed borders, and is useful in a variety of ways 

 for edgings and for city gardens, as it has the power of resist- 

 ing the evil influences of smoke and dust in a high degree. 

 Any ordinary soil is suitable for it. Native of Ireland and 

 Spain and Portugal in shady places. Flowers in June and 

 July. 



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There is very little floral beauty in this great tribe of plants. 

 One or two species of Astrantia, Eryfigiu??i, and Meimi may 

 be admissible amongst ornamental plants on account of the 

 combination of a litde beauty and much curious interest that 

 they possess, but not any of them are gay plants, although the 

 Eryngiums are undoubtedly very striking. There are other 

 genera that furnish species with striking or handsome foliage, 

 but I am not aware of any besides Astrantia and Erytigiiwi 

 that can be said to approach anything like floral beauty ; and 

 the beauty of these does not depend on the flowers but on the 

 leaves of the involucres, which are coloured or otherwise inter- 

 esting and conspicuous. One or two species of each of these 

 genera and oi Meiwi it maybe advisable to notice and describe. 

 Beyond this it is scarcely needful to go, as many of the species 

 which might be recommended as possessing fine leaves become 

 troublesome weeds under cultivation ; and some of the best of 

 them, again, are often more difficult to keep than better things 



