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up wild over our garden and field, as though determined not to 

 " waste its sweetness in the desert air." I carefully cultivate this 

 plant, and, when mixed with the allied pink species from Japan, it 

 can hardly be surpassed by the flowers of the garden. 



FIG 771. Malva sylvcstris. 



FIG. 772. Datura Stramonium. 



Fine specimens of the Mallow plant (Malva syfcestris, fig. 771) 

 grow in our fitld. It is really a grand plant, but too large to 

 introduce into the garden, except in the most uncultivated parts. 



The Achillea millifolium springs up on our lavni, but the mow- 

 ing machine effectually prevents it from flowering. I do not object 



FIG. 773. Myosotis palustris. 



FIG. 774. Water Ranunculus. 



to its presence, but on the contrary rather approve of it. 

 grand Datura Stramonium (fig. 772) grows occasionally in our 

 asparagus-beds. 



By the side of our brooks the true Forget-me-not (Myosotis palustris t 

 fig. 773), one of the most beautiful of all flowers, blossoms abundantly ; 



