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MY GARDEN. 



One or two plants should always be grown, and replaced if destroyed 

 by cold. 



We have the Sweet-scented Vernal Grass (Anthoxanthum odoratum, 

 fig. 750). It has the peculiar odour which characterizes new hay. 

 Like all other scents, we ,find it reproduced in many plants of very 



FIG. 750. Anthoxanthum odoratum. 



FIG. 751. Stipa pinnata. 



FIG. 752. Lagurus ovatus. 



different classes ; and the same odour is noticed in the Woodruff 

 (Asperula odoratd}, and in the Tonka Bean (Dipterix odoratd]. 



1 have neglected for years the Stipa .pinnata (fig. 751). It is a 



very rare English grass of surpassing 

 beauty, and I shall certainly plant it 

 again this spring. 



The Lagurus ovatus (fig. 752) is 

 another pretty grass, that is found 

 occasionally in England, and it should 

 always be grown in the garden. There 

 are many other species of ornamental 

 grasses, which may be grown here and 

 there, when there is sufficient space ; 

 and at various times I have had many 

 species. One particularly must be 



is a striking ornament at the Backwater, at the edge of the stream. 

 The common Reed (Phragwites ccwmunis, fig. 754) grows to a 



