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Bramble, Hiilni.'^. — Altliou.uli we luivc 

 nearly fifty kinds (ir reputed kinds ot 

 lininilde native in Britain, sonic of tlic 

 exotic si)ecies, entirely distinct from our 

 own. are Avell Avortliy of naturalisation 

 among low slirubs and tall herbaceous 

 plants. One of the most charming plants 

 we know for natui'alising in shady woods 

 is the large, -white-iiowered Eulnrs Xut- 

 kanus, Avith A\hich might be tastefully 

 associated the deep rose-coloured Rubus 

 odoratus, and the early spring -iiowering 

 R. spectabilis ; while the very striking 

 white- stemmed R. bifiorus is a grand 

 object for warm slopes, sunny sides of 

 chalk and gravel pits, etc. 



The Great Reed; Arundo Donax. — 

 This nolde reed I do not like to omit here, 

 it is so beautiful in the southern counties 

 of England, though in cold soils and hard 

 Avinters it may perish. Where the hardier 

 Bamboos find a jilace this will be welcome, 

 though in our country it is only in the 

 Avarmer parts that it attains the dignitA 

 of port it possesses in the south of Europe. 



Rhubarb, Rheum. — There are several 

 species of rhubarb in cultivation in ad- 

 dition to those commonly grown in gar- 

 dens. They are much alike in port and 

 in the size of their leaves, R. palmatum and 

 Emodi being the most distinct. The rhu- 

 barbs are hue things for association Avitb 

 large-leaved herliaceous plants in deep 

 soils. 



Rose, Rosa. — As in the case of 

 branddes, Ave have many more kinds of 

 A\ ild roses in England than is commonly 

 supposed, but of course nobody ever thinks 

 of planting such things in gardens or 

 shrubberies, Avhere such gems as privet 



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