6o HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



Ord. 13. CAPPARIDEAE are allied to the Cruciferae. Capers are the 

 flower-buds of Capparis spinosa, common in S. Europe. 



In the opposite corner, destroyed by the shade of the large 

 Copper Beech, are beds containing : 



Ord. 14. RESEDACEAE. The Mignonettes. The stems of 

 the Dyer's M. or Yellow Weed, R. luteola, yields a yellow dye 

 which has a good reputation for fastness. The Sweet M. of 

 gardens, M. odorata, is said to be a native of Egypt. 



Ord. 15. CISTACEAE. Eock Roses are better represented 

 in other parts of the Garden than here. The Gum Cistus, 

 C. polymorphous^ in hot weather exudes a glutinous gum with a 

 strong scent. Labdanum, as this resin is called, " is the 

 A^Sov of Dioscorides, in whose time the gum was obtained by 

 driving goats among the shrubs, when the substance adhered 

 to their fleeces and beards." The Cretans now collect it by 

 raking with a " ladanisterion." 



Ord. 1 6. VIOLACEAE. 



And there is pansies 

 That's for thoughts.* 



The roots of several of the Violets, e.g. of the Dog Violet, 

 V. canina, are used medicinally as emetic and purgative. 



POLYGALINAE 



Ord. 19. PITTOSPORACEAE. Australian shrubs. 

 Ord. 21. POLYGALACEAE. Milkworts. Polygala is the only 

 European genus. 



CARYOPHYLLINAE 



Ord. 23. FRANKENIACEAE. F. laevis, the Sea Heath, occurs 

 in salt marshes from Yarmouth to Sussex. The order is 

 related to the Tamaricaceae. 



To the south-east of a sundial, mounted upon a basaltic 



* Pansy = pensee> " by which name they became known to the Braban- 

 ders and those of the Low Countries that are next adjoining." GERARD. 



