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(which grows a, f'r\\ inches' high ;nnl 



bean numerous rosy-pink blossoms), 

 the ('loud Kerry, /' < '/Hi.nnt'iHorutt (also 

 dwarf and with white blossoms), tin 1 . 

 Dewberry (It. <-<i'xiun\ and It. Baxa 

 ////*, are pretty for the rock-garden 

 in moist soil. 



RUSCUS (/*//////'* Hroom\ Wiry 

 half-shrubby plants, often m-gleelrd, 

 but having some good qualities, even 

 for the rock garden or shady places 

 near. Tin- hardy Kim Is may be planted 

 under the sliade of trees. Pronagate 

 by division of the roots. Tne R. 

 dculeatm (Common Butcher's Broom) 

 is a native of copses and woods, 

 hearing bright red berries where the 

 two sexes are present. This dense, 

 Hindi brain-bed Mvergreen rarely grows 

 nmn- than V ft, high, and its thick, 

 white, I wining roots strike deep into 

 the ground. The Alexandrian Laurel 

 ( /.'. rarrmnmint) is a graceful plant, with 

 glossy dark green leaves, and is one of 

 the best pljinls tor partial shade, und 

 thrives best on free leafy, or peaty soil. 

 It. //'//>< >/>!/!/// urn, a very dwarf kind, 

 mid //. HylpogloMum are also in 

 cultivation, and of easy culture in 

 ordinary soil. 



RUTA (/tut'). If. <tll>iJ1<>r<i. is a, 

 gran-fid .iiiliiniii tlowering ]>l;int, ;ibont 

 "2 ft. high, witli )(!y,ves resembling 

 those, of the common Hue, but more 

 gl.-i.iu-oiis iind finely divided. The 

 MI Kill \\hite blossoms, borne in l;irge 

 drooping pjmir.les, last until the 

 frosts. In some loc.-ilities it is hardy, 

 but should have slight protection in 

 M'verc weather. It is also known u 

 BcenningJiauienfa ti/ln'jl(n-n, and is a 



nati\e of Nepaiil. Another pretty 

 plant is the Padua Rue ( /'. finfurinti). 

 I to T, in. high, with small golden 

 yellow (lowers of the same, odour as 

 the common Hue, \\hich I saw used 



with pretty effect in the Belvedere 

 (ianlen in Vienna. 



SAGINA GLABRA (l,wm Vmrl- 

 wm't\ A plant known from being 

 much talked of a few years since aa a 

 substitute! for lawn-grass, and though 

 it has not answered the expectation 

 formed of it in that way, it is a minute 

 alpine plant, welcome for form ing earpei 

 as smooth as velvet, dotted with many 

 small white flowers, the light-, fresh 

 green, moss-like carpet being starred 

 with them in early summer. It is 

 useful in forming carpets of the freshest 

 and closest verdure beneath taller, but 

 small and rare bulbs, or other plants, 

 which it may be desired to place to the 

 best advantage. It is multiplied by 

 pulling the tufts into small pieces, and 

 replanting them at a few inches apart ; 

 they soon meet and form a carpel. 

 Although it does not generally form a 

 good turf, yet it is possible, by selecting 

 a rather deep, sandy soil, and by keep 

 ing it clean and well rolled, to make ;i 

 close turf of it ; but this is ran-ly worth 

 attempting, except on a, small scale, 

 ;uid when it begins to perish in Hakes 

 here and there, it should betaken up 

 and replanted. 



SALIX (Willow). Among the 

 Willows there are rcrtain dwarf kinds 

 \\hich. though without the floral 

 beauty characteristic of the Alpine 

 flower, may yet be useful here and 

 there in the rock-garden and in the 

 marsh garden, among them being the 

 Netted Willow (8. r<'lin,ll), the 

 Thyme Leaved Willow, the woolley 

 Willow (X 'lnnntn\, and N. /icr/ifi'-'-n, or 

 any other duarf mountain or Arctic 

 Willow, all of the easiest culture and 

 increase. 



SANGUINARIA CANADENSIS 



. A distinct .North Amen 



