448 NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



grow in the open air in our climate. From early spring our parterres 

 are magnificently adorned by the simple or double flowers of various 

 species of Pear, Apple, Quince, Cherry, Plum, Almond, Peach, 

 JSpiraa, and Kerria. The Hawthorns, Service-trees, Cotoneaster, the 

 eastern species of Geum and Potentilla, even Gillenia and the Agri- 

 monies, blossom in our gardens ; and the Eoses still retain their 

 place in the eyes of many besides artists and poets, as the sweetest, 

 the most beautiful of flowers. 



