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effect in groups of small plants, or isolated; but its flowers 

 continue too short a time in bloom to make it very valu- 

 able away from borders. 



^Struthiopteris germanica. One of the most ele- 

 gant hardy ferns, with fronds resembling ostrich-plumes 

 in shape, nearly 3 ft. long, and arranged in a somewhat 

 erect, vase-like rosette. It is particularly suited for the 

 embellishment of the slopes of pleasure-grounds, cascades, 

 grottoes, and rough rockwork, the margins of streams 

 and pieces of water, and will thrive in moist and deep 

 sandy soil, either in the full sunshine or in the shade. 

 S. Pennsylvania* very closely resembles S. germanica, the 

 chief point of difference being the narrowness of the 

 fertile fronds of the former species. Both kinds will 

 prove very effective in adding beauty of form to a garden, 

 and should by no means be confined to the fernery 

 proper. Central Europe. 



*Tamarix. These very elegant hardy shrubs may 

 be used with excellent effect in the flower-garden and 

 pleasure-ground, though they are at present seldom 

 employed in these places. T. gallica or anglica is found 

 apparently wild in several parts of the south of England, 

 and other kinds, such as germanica, parviflora, tetrandra, 

 spectabilis, and indica, are also in cultivation. In the 

 neighbourhood of Paris T. indica thrives very freely, 

 and forms beautiful hedges, but is cut down by frost 

 during some winters. It would probably do better in the 

 south of England. The plants have minute leaves and 

 very elegantly-panicled branches, which gives them a 

 feathery effect, somewhat like that of the most graceful 

 conifers, and, if possible, more elegant : the roseate 



