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tlu' tlitiil)l(,' Ui'iiialilc, Amines (Ainerican and llie (•(tmiiioii 

 varieties), single Ivoses, the A^irginiau creepers (Anipelopsis), 

 the hirge Bindweed (Calystegia daliuiiea), Aristolochia Sipho, 

 and A. tomentosa, and several ol' the ]ierennial Tro])ieohims, 

 T. pentaphylhini, speciosnni, and tuberosum. The hardy 

 ►Sniihix, too, are very handsome, and the Canadian Moonseed, 

 only suita])k' for this kind of gardening. 



Among the families of plants tliat are suitable for the 

 various positions enumerated at the head of this chapter 

 may be named — Acanthus, any variety, Viola, both the 

 sweet varieties and some of the large scentless kinds, the 

 I'eriwinkle, Speedwells, Globe Flowers, Trilliums, I'lume 

 Ferns (Struthiopteris), and many other kinds, the Lily of 

 the Valley and its many varieties and allies, the Canadian 

 Bloodwort, the Winter Greens (P}'rola), Solomon's Seal, and 

 allied exotic species, the May Apple, Orobus in variety, 

 Narcissi, many, the Common Myrrh, the perennial Lupin, 

 hardy common Lilies, the Snowflakes, all kinds of Everlasting 

 Peas and allied plants, admirable for scrambling through low 

 hedges and over bushes, Windflowers, the taller and stronger 

 kinds in lanes and hedgerows, the various Christmas Eoses 

 wliicli will repay for shelter, the European kinds of Crladiolus, 

 such as segetum and Coh^illi, the taller and more vigorous 

 Cranes Bills (Geranium), the Snake's Head (Fritillaria) in 

 variety, Strawberries of any variety or species, the beautiful 

 Plume-leaved Giant Fennel, Dog's Tooth Violets in bare spots 

 or spots bare in spring, the Winter Aconite, the Barren Worts, 

 for peaty spots or leaf soil, the j\Iay Flower, for sandy poor 

 soil under trees, the Dentaria, the coloured and sliowier forms 

 of I'rimroses, Oxslips, I'olyantlius, the hardy European Cycla- 



