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Woodwardia areolata, W. aspera, W. augustifolia. The above list 

 includes many of the most beautiful and interesting British Ferns, 

 and a few of the best hardy exotics. 



Ornamental Plants mitahle for the Fernery. — Arundo conspicua, 

 A. Donax, Arundiuaria Falcat'a, Bambusa Metake, Carex japonica 

 variegata, Pampas Grass, Phormium tenax, Guunera scabra, Equi- 

 setum sylvatieum, Aralia Sieboldi, Chamrerops excelsa, C. humilis, 



C. Fortunei, Farfugium grande, Iris fcetidissima variegata. 

 Alpine or Rockery Plants. — A long list might be made of 



bright showy tilings which are at home on the rockery, and in 

 many instances in the herbaceous border also, with no preparation 

 beyond what good cultivation in all cases gives. Of these may be 

 mentioned the Alyssums, Aquilegias, Aubrietias, Campanulas, Ceras- 

 tiums, Cheiranthus, Primulas, Iberis, Silenes, Veronicas, Thymes, 

 Saxifrages, Sedums, Sempervivums, etc. Nearly, if not quite all 

 the following list of plants may be cultivated without more diffi- 

 culty or thought than must be given to the same number of exotic 

 species from Africa, Australia, or any other country : — Aubrietia 

 grandiflora, Androsace sarmentosa, A. carnea — the Androsace 

 should be planted amid the debris of crushed or decaying rocks 

 intermixed with good soil — ^thionema cordifolium, Aca^na Novse- 

 Zelandite, Anemone apennina, A. fulgens, A. Pulsatilla, Antennaria 

 tomentosa, A. dioica rosea, Antholimon glumaceum, Alyssum spe- 

 ciosum, Anthyllis montana, Arabis lucida variegata, Armeria 

 plantaginea rubra, Campanula garganica, C. pulla, C. tiu-binata 

 lioribuuda, C. t. f. alba, Calandrinia umbellata (sandy peat in the 

 clefts of rockwork), Convolvulus mauritanicus, Dianthus alpinus, 



D. deltoides, D. petneus. All the alpine pinks are beautiful 

 (mix a little peat with the soil), Draba gigas. Erysimum rupestre ; 

 Erimus alpinus does well on old walks or on stones that are perish- 

 ing. Gentiana verna, G. acaulis, G. cruciata. The Gentians like 

 gritty soil and a good supply of moisture. Geranium sanguineum, 

 Gaultherea procumbens (should be planted in peat fully exposed), 

 Globularia trichosantha, Gnaphalium leontopodium, Geum mon- 

 tanum, Hesperoscordum pumilus (is fond of moisture) ; Helianthe- 

 mums (Rockrose), an interesting class of plants, suitable for 

 covering rocky banks in dry situations ; Lithospermum fruticosum, 

 Linaria alpina, L. pallida, Lychnis Haageana, L. LagasccC, Mesem- 

 bryanthemum uncinatum, Mazus Pumilio, Myosotis ruj^icola (damp 

 situations), Papaver nudicaule. Phlox stolonifera, P. setacea atro- 

 purpurea, P. The Bride, P. Nelsoni, P. procumbens, P. frondosa 

 (very effective close-spreading plants, light sandy soil). Polygonum 

 vaccinifolium, Primula farinosa, P. cortusoides amoena, P. nivalis, 

 P. cashmeriana, P. marginata, P. denticulata, P. ciliata, P. viscosa . 



