178 The Wild Garden. 



Among the Hypericums there is something to 

 admire ; indeed, nearly all of them possess some 

 beauty, and might find a place among low shrubs ; 

 but by far the best is H. calycinum, or " St. John's 

 wort," a kind which is not perhaps truly British 

 naturally, but which is to be seen in many gardens, 

 and is now naturalized in several parts of England 

 and Ireland in bushy places, The very large and 

 showy flowers of this species, combined with its 

 dwarf and neat habit, make it fit for a place in any 

 garden, and it is particularly adapted for rough 

 rockwork, or will crawl away freely under and near 

 trees, &c. ; though of course, like most things, it 

 will best show its beauty when fully exposed to 

 the sun and air. It is a plant that can be had 

 everywhere. 



In the Geranium order there are a few pretty 

 things for the garden— notably, G. pratense, G. 

 sylvaticum, and G. sanguineum, with its fine variety 

 G. lancastriense. This variety was originally found 

 in the Isle of Walney, in Lancashire, and some 

 writers have made it a species under the name 

 of G. lancastriense, but most good botanists now 

 consider it a variety of G. sanguineum. Both 

 plants are well worth growing in a garden. The 

 latter is widely distributed in Britain, and yet is 



