66 HERBACEOUS PLANTS 



Sub-ord. II. CAESALPINIEAE. Species of Cassia, Bauhinia, Tamar- 

 indtts, Ceratonia, the Carob, and Cercis will all be found in the Green- 

 houses ; the Kentucky Coffee-tree, Gymnodadus, in Plot D. 



Sub-ord. III. MIMOSEAE. The Sensitive Plant, Mimosa pudica (p. 116); 

 Acacias (pp. 96, 117). 



PLOT C 



At the southern end are the 



Ord. 66. ROSACEAE. Owing to the large size of many of 

 the Rose Family they must be sought elsewhere than in the 

 Herbaceous Beds devoted to the Natural Orders. 



i. The jRoseae, or Roses proper, are best seen in the 

 beds nearest Christ Church Meadows and on the 

 walls of the Garden. Rosa laevigata^ var. anemonae- 

 flora, R. septum, R. pisocarpa, and R. sericea, var. 

 pteracantha. 



ii. The smaller-growing Spiraeas are planted in the 

 southernmost bed of this plot, but larger species 

 will be found in the shrubberies, especially in 

 Plot F, next the Sophora e.g. S. aitchisonii, 

 S. henryi. The giant S. kamschatkensis forms a 

 striking contrast to the cut-leaved S. aruncus, var. 

 kneiffii. S. lindleyana is trained against the West 

 Wall. Varieties of Kerria japonica may be seen 

 against the East and South Walls. 



iii. To the Plum tribe belong the Cherry, Prunus cerasus, and the 

 Almond, P. amygdalus> outside the West Wall. The ever- 

 green Cherry Laurel, P. laurocerasus, and Portugal Laurel, 

 P. lusitanica, will be found in the shrubberies. The first 

 specimen of the latter grown in this country was received 

 here from Portugal in 1648. When cut down in 1826 it was 

 25 ft. to 30 ft. in height, with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter at I ft. 

 from the ground. 



iv. The Poterieae include Agrimonia^ Alchemilla. 

 v. Potentilleae. Strawberry, Fragaria. A small bed 

 is devoted to dwarf-growing Brambles, but a larger 

 collection of recent acquisition has been trained. 



