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It would require a long list to enumerate 

 the many unattractive places that may be 

 beautified by the adoption of this system of 

 naturalization. Take for example a common 

 ditch shaded with trees. There would be 

 no difficulty in enumerating many plants that 

 would thrive better in such a position, with a little 

 clearing and preparation, than we have ever seen 

 them do in any position they now occupy in 

 gardens. It would in fact be a perfect paradise 

 for such plants as Trillium grandiflorum and other 

 inhabitants of dense woods. My friend Dr. Hud- 

 son, of Dublin, has converted an old ditch of 

 this kind bordering his place at Merrion into a 

 very agreeable walk, by simply putting a foot or 

 so of coal-ashes and lime-rubbish into it so as to 

 form a dry walk ; and the banks of this shady, 

 narrow alley, he will convert into " mixed borders" 

 of the most charming kind, by selecting plants 

 that love, and thrive in, shady sheltered spots, and 

 by so arranging them that no two parts of the 

 scene shall present the same aspect of vegetation. 



I will next enumerate, and indicate the best 

 positions for, the plants suitable for the system. 



