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a large and spreading panicle. The leaves are rough 

 and broad, and the flower-spike from 3 ins. to 6 ins. 

 long. A few tufts of this are very effective on the 

 margins of water near groups of picturesque plants. 

 The finer specimens are of great age, and must be pro- 

 cured from the bogs where the plant occurs wild. 



*Carex pendula. — A very handsome plant, unlike 

 any of the other British Carices, growing in large round 

 tufts, with numerous flowering-stems and barren shoots, 

 which attain a height of from 3 ft. to 6 ft. The leaves 

 are often 2 ft. or more in length, and are chiefly at the 

 base of the plant. It is most attractive when in flower, 

 from the graceful disposition of its pendent spikes, which 

 are usually about half-a-dozen in number, and each from 

 4 ins. to 7 ins. in length. Very suitable for the margin of 

 water or for boggy or moist spots. 



*Carlina acaulis. — A hardy perennial, rather inte- 

 resting from its foliage, which has some resemblance to 



the leaves of a miniature 

 Acanthus, and is disposed 

 in a broad, handsome, re- 

 gular rosette very close to 

 the ground. Its single 

 yellowish flower, 3 ins. or 

 more across, is borne on 

 a very short, erect stalk 

 in the centre of the ro- 

 sette. Although too dwarf for association with plants of 

 more imposing stature, it is well worthy of a place on a 

 bank or slope, or on the margins of low beds or groups, 

 where its pleasing aspect and very distinct habit will be 



CarJina acaulis. 



