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plants obtainable in moist woodlands is the Equi- 

 sctum sylvaticum ; but, although this has been long 

 cultivated in Europe, it is seldom met with here in 

 a collection of native plants. Sanguinaria Cana- 

 dense (bloodroot), Hepatica, nearly all the violets, 

 Sedum acre, Arisczma triphyllum (wild turnip), 

 Podophyllum peltatum (mandrake), several of the 

 Trilliums, the Pogonatums and Smilacmas, the 

 Anemones , Clintonia borealis, and many other 

 charming native plants, grow well among the 

 ferns, some of them blooming before the fern- 

 fronds are large enough to overshadow them. We 

 may even have the pleasure of blossoming the 

 exquisite little Claytonia (spring beauty) in the 

 out-door fernery. On the upper rocks the saxi- 

 frage will flourish ; and, among the foreign plants 

 which may be introduced among the ferns, Lysi- 

 machia nummularia (money-wort) and Vinca (peri- 

 winkle) are valuable. In bringing the plants from 

 the woods to the garden, it will be well to remove 

 plenty of earth with them : and this will be the 

 source of many pleasant little surprises ; for during 

 the second season many small plants, which were 

 unnoticed or mere seedlings at the time of trans- 

 planting, will make their appearance in this soil. 

 In this way the writer has found introduced into 

 his fernery Potentilla y blackberry-vines, Anemone 

 nemorosa, Smilacina bifolia, and other excellent 

 additions to the collection. Of course, by the 



