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twelve varieties of tlie common Hepatica (Anemone Hepatica) 

 grown in British nurseries and gardens, and ;dl (lie colours 

 of llie species should he represented in evcrv collection of 

 spring flowers. 



There are many of the Eaimnculi, not natives of r>ritain, 

 which would urow as freelv as our native kinds. ISIanv will 

 doubtless remember with pleasure tlie pretty button-like 

 white flowers of the Fair IMaids of France (Ranunculus 

 aeonitifolius fl. pi.), a frecpient ornament of the old mixed 

 l}order. This, and the wild form from which it comes — a 

 frecpient plant in alpine meadows — may also l)e enjoyed in 

 our wild garden. Quite distinct from all these, and of chastest 

 beauty when well grown, is 11. amplexicaulis, with flowers of 

 pure white, and simple leaves of a dark glaucous green and 

 flowing graceful outline ; a hardy and charming plant on 

 almost any soil. This is one of the elegant exotic forms of a 

 family well represented in the golden type in our meadows, 

 and therefore it is welcome as giving- us a strange form 

 Such a plant deserves that pains be taken to establish it in 

 good soil, in spots where a rank vegetation may not weaken 

 or destroy it. 



Of the Globe Flowers (Trollius), there are various kinds 

 apart from our own, all rich in colour, fragrant, and hardy 

 in a remarkable degree. These are amono- the noblest wild- 

 garden plants — cpiite hardy, free of growth in the heaviest of 

 soil and wettest of climates, affording a lovely type of early 

 summer flower- life, and one distinct from any usually seen 

 in our fields or gardens ; for these handsome Globe flowers 

 are among the many flowers that for years have found no 

 place in the garden proper. They are lovely in groups or 



