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mountain pastures in the north of England and 

 Ireland, in Wales and in Scotland. Gerard, we 

 see, affirms that "it groweth in most places of 

 Yorkshire and Lancashire, and other bordering 

 shires of the north countrey, almost in euery 

 medow, but not found wilde in these Southerly or 

 Westerly parts of England that I could ever 

 understand of." Our plants are growing within a 

 few miles of the Metropolis, but they are, of course, 

 importations, vigorously as they are thriving. 



As our globe-flower reminds us of pleasant rambles 

 in North Wales, so our goat's-beard recalls ex- 

 periences no less pleasant amongst the sand-dunes 

 of Northern France, where we collected the seeds 

 that stocked our rock-garden. It is a common plant 

 in England, and assuredly one need not travel outside 

 our own borders to find it, but the whole point of 

 such a garden as we seek to commend is that the 

 plants, common as they may be, should have a two- 

 fold interest that inherent in themselves, and that 

 accruing from the associations that have clustered 

 around them. These associations may sometimes 

 deal with the folk-lore that has become attached to 

 them, or they may recall the kindly friends who 

 sent them to us, or bring to our minds our own 

 enjoyable experiences in the localities that contri- 

 buted to our store. In the present case the sight 



deep orange. Desirable varieties to obtain are the T. Gibsoni, 

 T. giganteus, T. altaicus, T. napellifolius, and T. americanus. 



