CONVERSATION X. 



SAXIFRAGE HYDBANGE A LOOSE-STRIFE ELM BUCKTHORN 

 SPINDLE GENTIAN EBONY HOLLY NIGHTSHADE OLIVE 

 CONVOLVULUS DODDER TOBACCO THRIFT PLANTAIN PRIM- 

 ROSE JASMIN BOKAGE LABIATE VERBENA FiGWORT 

 BUTTERWORT CAMPANULA, AND SCABIOUS TRIBES. 



HENEY had a tolerably large piece of garden- 

 ground, which he cultivated according to his own 

 fancy. The greater part was planted and sown 

 with vegetables; but he had a little flower-bed 

 separated from the rest by rock-work of his own 

 contrivance. Upon this rock-work he was now 

 busy planting some roots which required very 

 little soil, and were therefore likely to thrive 

 among the stones. One of these was the pretty 

 little plant called London Pride ; and when Henry 

 showed it to his father, he was told that it be- 

 longed to the SAXIFRAGE tribe, which consists of 

 humble plants, natives of cold mountain districts, 

 and springing up freely amongst the turf in such 

 situations. Most of them have white flowers, 

 dotted with yellow or green or red. "The little 



