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ti) trail tliruiigli 8lirul)S, in rough places, or over stumps, rustic 

 bridges, etc., ami douljtless sundry other species will in time be found 

 (■((ually useful. 



The pretty little Eosy Bindweed that one meets often upon the 

 shores of the Mediterranean is here depicted at home in an English 

 garden, creeping up the leaves of an Iris in Mr. Wilson's garden at 

 Heatherbank, Weyl>ridge Heath. It is a great privilege we have of 

 being able to grow the fair flowers of so many regions in tnir own, and 

 without caring for them in the sense, and with the 

 troubles that attend other living creatures in menageries, 

 aviaries, etc. This is an advantage that we do not evi- 

 dently consider when we put a few 

 plants in lines and circles only, ob- 

 livious of the infinite beauty and variety 

 of the rest. This beautiful pink Bind- 

 weed is the representative, so to speak, 

 of our own Rosy Field Bindweed in the 

 south, but nevertheless it is perfectly 

 hardy and free in our own soils. Its 

 botanical name is Convolvulus al- 

 tlia3oides. 



Marsh Calla, Calla jndustris. — A 

 creeping Arum-like plant, with white 

 flowers showing above a carpet of glossy 

 leaves, admirable for naturalisation in 

 muddy places, moist bogs, on the nuirgins 

 of ponds, etc. 



Rosy Coronilla, Cownilla varia. — 

 Europe. On grassy banks, stony heaps, 

 rough rocky ground, spreading over 



slopes or any like positions. A very A South B:uropean Bindweed creeping 

 , ." T ,. ^1 • • up the stems of an Iris in an English 



tine plant lor naturalisation, thriving garden. 

 in any soil. 



Giant Scabious, (Jcphalaria. — Allied to Scabious but seldom 

 grown. They are worth a place in the wild garden for their fine 

 vigour alone, and the numerous pale yellow ttoAvers will l)e admired by 

 those who do not limit their admiration to showy colours. 



Coral-wort, Dcntaria. — Very slioAvy perennials, the purplish or 

 white llowers of which present someAvhat of the appearance of a stock- 

 flower, quite distinct both in habit and bloom, and very rarely seen 



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