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plantations might be made by dotting tall. subjects like 

 the large Jonquil (Narcissus odorus) among dwarf spread- 

 ing subjects like the Anemone, and also by mixing dwarf 

 subjects of various colours : diversely coloured varieties 

 of the same Anemone, for example, would look very 

 attractive. 



Omitting the various pretty British plants that would 

 thrive in the positions indicated-^these are not likely to 

 be unknown to the reader interested in such matters — ^and 

 confining myself to dwarf, hardy exotic flowers alone, the 

 following are selected as among the most suitable for such 

 arrangements as that just described, with some little 

 attention as to the season of flowering and the kind of soil 

 required by some rather uncommon species. A late- 

 flowering kind, for example, should be planted under late- 

 leafing trees, or towards the points of their branches, so 

 that they might not be obscured by the leaves of the 

 tree before perfecting their flowers. 



Anemone angulosa 

 apennina 

 blanda 

 Coronaria 

 fulgens 

 Hepatica 

 stellata 

 sylvestris 

 trifolia 



Arum italicum 



Bulbocodium vemum 



Corydalis solida 



„ tuberosa 

 Crocus Imperati 



„ biflorus 



„ reticulatus 



„ versicolor 

 Cyclamen hedersefolium 

 Eranthis hyemalis 

 Erythronium Dens-canis 

 Ficaria grandiflora 

 Galanthus plicatus 



