i^^AMILIAR 

 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



DARWIN'S BARBEKKY. 



MONGkST the many memorials 

 o£ the yreat Daiwin that we 

 liud in buoks and museums and 

 gardens, there is none that 

 speaks more plainly of him 

 than the plant before us. It 

 takes ns into the heart of 

 that most delightful of all his 

 books, the " Journal of Re- 

 searches " during the voyage 

 of the Bengle. As a garden 

 shruli it stands almost alone 

 for hardiness, elegance, bright- 

 ness, and usefulness; for it is 

 equally adapted to adorn the 

 terrace g'&i'deu, or to afford 

 covert to game. As a plant 

 of hist(jiy, too, although it 

 was certainly unknown to the ancients, it in a similar 

 manner may be said to stand alone; for it was discovered 

 liy Air. Darwin in that memora!)le voyage of his, which 

 may be regarded as the second discovery of the great New 

 World. In the entries of the " journal " for the year 1834, 

 when Darwin explored Tierra del Fuego and the south- 



