SELECTIONS OF HARDY EXOTIC PLANTS. 



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Omphalodes verua. 



Verbascuni Cliaixii. 

 Dodecatlieon Jeffrey!. 

 ,, Meadia. 



Cyclamen enroi)aniiii. 

 Cyclamen liederDefolium. 

 Primula, in var. 

 Iris amceiia. 



„ oristata. 



„ De Bergii. 



„ Haveseens. 



,, tlorentina. 



., gernianica. 



,, graminea. 



,, oeliroleiica. 



„ ]iallida. 



,, saiiilnieina. 



„ sub-billora. 



Iris variegata, aiul many 



other kinds. 

 Crocus aureus. 

 ,, speciosus. 

 ,, versicolor. 

 ,, susianus, and many 

 others. 

 Narcissus angustifolius. 

 ,, Bulbocodium. 

 , , bicolor. 

 ,, iucomparabilis. 

 ,, major. 

 ,, moutanus. 

 , , odorus. 

 ,, poeticusfe vars. 

 Galautlms, in var. 

 Leueojum inilchellum. 



,, veruum. 



Paradisia Liliastriim. 



Ornithogalum umbellatum. 



Seilla aiiHi'iia. 

 ,, bifolia 

 ,, cainiianulata. 

 ,, patula. 

 „ italica. 

 ,, sibii'ica. 

 Hyacinthus amethystinus. 

 Muscari botryoides. 



„ mosehatum, and 

 various others. 

 Allium neapolitanum. 



,, ciliatnm. 

 Tulipa Gesueriana. 

 , , suaveolens. 

 , , scabriscapa and 

 many others. 

 Fritillaria, in var. 

 Bulbocodium vernuin. 



Plants for Naturalisation beneath specimen Trees on Lawns, etc. 



Where, as is fref|uently the case, the branches of trees, both 

 evergreen and deciduous, sweep the turf — and this, as a rule, they 

 shoukl be allowed to do where they are planted in ornamental 

 grounds — a great nunil)er of pretty sjiring flowers may be naturalised 

 beneath the branches, where they thrive without attention. It is 

 chiefly in the case of deciduous trees that this could be done ; but 

 even in the case of conifers and evergreens some graceful objects might 

 be dotted beneath the outermost points of their lower branches. How- 

 ever, it is the specimen deciduous tree that oft'ers us the best opportuni- 

 ties in this way. We know that a great number of our spring flowers 

 and hardy bulbs mature their foliage and go to rest early in the year. 

 They require light and sun in spring, which they obtain abundantly 

 under the deciduous tree ; they have time to flower and develop their 

 leaves under it before the foliage of the tree appears ; then, as the 

 summer heats approach, they are gradually overshadowed by a cooL 

 canopy, and go to rest undisturbed ; but, the leaves of the trees once 

 fallen, they soon begin to appear again and cover the ground with 

 beauty. 



An example or two will perhaps explain the matter more fully. 

 Take the case of, say, a spreading old specimen of any summer-leafing 

 tree. Scatter a few tufts of the winter Aconite beneath it, and leave 

 them alone. In a very few years they will have covered the ground ; 

 every year afterwards they will spread a golden carpet beneath the 

 tree ; and when it fades there will be no eyesore from decaying leaves 



