EXAMl'i.K FROM (iLol'.K F]A)\\l-:il OKDKi;. :U 



Atrageiie is a precious plant tur kiw Imsli and liaiik wild 

 oardeii. 



Aiuon,u plants which une nevL^- sees, and which, indeed, 

 uue never ought to see, in a tiowt-r garden, aw the ]\[eadow 

 Eues ; and vet there is a quiet beauty and grace aliout these 

 plants which entitle them to some consideration ; and the 

 flowers, too, of certain species, particularly tlie one here 

 shown in the illustration im ])age 1, are of singular beauty. 

 When it is considered that all the species will grow anywhere 

 — in anv hedgerow or lane or bvewav, or among coarse grass, 

 or in a copse, or under the shrubs, in places usually abandoned 

 to common weeds, there is no rea-^on why numbers of them 

 should not be rescued from the oblivion of the botanic 

 Li'arden. 



