LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xiii 



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Colony of lianly exotic Flowers, naturalised by brook-side . 69 

 Valley in Somersetsliin', witli Narrissi, ]\rarsli IVIarigolds, and 



Primroses ...... To face ]>a'je 70 



Cyiierus longus . . . . . . . . 73 



The Cape Pond "Weed in an English ditch in winter . . 75 



Day Lily b\' margin of water . . . . . . 7G 



Marsh Marigold and Iris in early spring . . . . 78 



The same spot as in pre^dous sketch, with aftergrowth of Iris, 



Meadow Sweet, and Bindweed ..... 79 



Partridge Berry (Gaultheria) . . . . . . 80 



Wild Eose growin" on a Pollard Ash in Orcliardlciuh Paik, 



Somerset ......... 83 



White Climbing Rose scrambling over old Catalpa Tree 



To face ixvje 84 



Climbing Rose isolated on grass ...... 87 



Arenaria balearica, in a hole in wall at Great Tew . . 88 



Cheddar Pink, Saxifrage, and Ferns, on cottage wall at Mells . 89 



Tlie Yellow Fumitory on wall (Corydalis lutea) . . . 91 

 Large Japan Sedum (S. spectabilc) and Autumn Crocuses in the 



Wild Garden 92 



Crane's Bill, wild, in grass . . . . . . . 94 



Large-leafed Saxifrage in the Wild Garden .... 97 



Tiger Lilies in Wild Garden at Great Tew . . To face jkujc 98 



Large-flowered Clematis . . . . . . . 101 



Sun Roses (Cistus) and other exotic hardy plants among heather, 



on sandy slope ...... To face jjacje 104 



"\\'ood and herbaceous Meadow-sweets grouped together in Mr. 



Hewittson's garden . . . . . . .105 



Woodruff and Ivy 108 



Tailpiece . 110 



Dug and mutilated Shrubbery in St. James's Park. Sketched in 



winter o/1879. . . . . . . . Hi 



Colony of the Snowdrop-Anemone in Shrubbery not dug. 



Anemone taking the place of weeds or bare earth . . 115 



Colony of the Summer Snowflake, on margin of shrubbery . 119 



