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same conditions, or the lovely white Water Lily, which re- 

 quires to be grown in water. The plants hereafter named 

 should grow in any ordinary garden. Some may require 

 attention as to shade and moisture. 



3rd. Any plants that mig-ht be very objectionable, either 

 because of some poisonous or irritating- quality, or because 

 they become g-arden pests, must be excluded. 



I may add that while nearly all the plants are found upon 

 the open prairie, I did not feel restricted to such, and so have 

 introduced some few from the woods. 



I shall now give the names of about 100 species, differing- 

 indeed as to beauty, but all more or less desirable for g-arden 

 culture. Those specially desirable will be noted as we 

 proceed. 



I give them according 1 to the natural orders to which 

 they belong-, and in most cases add their common, or some 

 appropriate names. I do not of course pretend to give all 

 that mig-ht be named, but simply such as occur to me.* 



I. The order RANUNCULACK^E (or Buttercup Family) 

 furnishes a few species of particular beauty, viz : 



1. Anemone Patens Var Nutullii. " Pasque flower " or 

 "Crocus." This lovely flower, the first to greet us in the 

 spring-, and commonly, thoug-h wrongly called the Crocus, 

 needs no description. It is a beautiful object wherever grown, 

 and like most Anemones, easily cultivated. 



2. Anemone Diebotoma. Round-headed Anemone, and 

 a double form of the same. Pure white. 



3. Aquilegia Canadensis. Columbine. 



4. Aquilegia Chrysantha. Yellow flower Columbine. 

 These are exceedingly beautiful. The former, crimson and 

 yellow, grows throug-hout the prairie region in cool woods 

 and g-lades. The latter a delicate shade of yellow, in the 

 foothills of the Rockies. 



5. Clematis Verticillaris. Purple Virgin's Bower. 



* About 60 of the plants named were exhibited by the lecturer. 



