HARDY EXOTIC FLOWKHIXU PLANTS. 151 



Water Lily, N'ljmplicea atxl Nuphar. — Two ikiMo Nurtli Ameri- 

 can plants Wfll deserve naturalisation in our waters, associated with 

 our own beautiful white and yellow water lilies — -the large Nuphar 

 advena, which thrusts its yreat leaves well out of the Avater in many 

 parts of North America, and the sweet-scented Nymph;ea odorata, which 

 Hoats in crowds on many of the pine -1 ordered lakes and lakelets of 

 New England, to a, non-hotaniral oliscrver seeming verv like our own 

 water lily. 



Daffodil, Narcissus. — Most people have seen the common dali'odil 

 in a semi- wild state in our woods and copses. Apart from varieties, 

 there are more than a score distinct species of daffodil that could be 

 naturalised (piite as easily as this in all parts of these islands. We 

 need hardly suggest how charming these would be, flowering in early 

 spring and summer in the rougher parts of pleasure grounds, or along 

 wood-walks, or any like position. 



Bitter Vetch, Orohus. — Banks, grassy unmown margins of 

 wood -walks, rocks, fringes of shrubberies, and like places, with 

 deep and sandy loam, well drained, will grow the beautiful spring 

 Bitter Vetch or any of its varieties or allies perfectly. 



Evening Primrose, Enotliera. — Among the largest-flowered and 

 handsomest of all known types of herbaceous vegetation. The yellow 

 species, and varieties like and allied to the common Evening Primrose 

 (CE. biennis), may be readily naturalised in any position, from a rubbish- 

 heap to a nice, open, sunny copse ; while such prostrate ones as 

 QL. marginata and (H macrocar})a will prove very fine among dwarf herbs 

 on banks or in open sunny places, in light or calcareous soil. These 

 noble and delicately-scented flowers are very easily grown and very 

 beautiful in any position. They, however, from their height and bold- 

 ness, and the freedom with which they grow in almost any soil, are 

 peculiarly suited for the wild garden, for shrubberies, copses, and the 

 like, sowing themselves freely. 



Cotton Thistle, Onoimrdon. — Large thistles, with very handsome 

 hoary and silvery leaves, and purplish flowers on fiercely-armed stems. 

 No plants are more noble in port than these, and they thrive freely in 

 rough open places, rubbish-heaps, etc., and usually come up freely from 

 self-sown seeds. 



Star of Bethlehem, Onutho(jaliun. — Various handsome hardy 

 species of this genus will thrive as well as the common Star of Bethle- 

 liem in any sunny, grassy places. 



Creeping Forget-me-not, Ohiphaludes. — The creeping Forget- 



