184 The Wild Garden. 



in that capacity in the flower garden : it would 

 furnish somewhat of the effect of a Blechnum. 

 The double variety is very desirable. It is found 

 freely enough in England, but does not go far into 

 Scotland ; nor is it recorded from Ireland. Dryas 

 octopetala, a plant found on the limestone moun- 

 tains of North England and Ireland, and abun- 

 dantly in Scotland, makes a neat border plant in 

 light free soil and where the air is pure. About 

 Edinburgh I have noticed pretty edgings made 

 of it in some of the nurseries. Very near London 

 it does not seem to do well ; but in all cases it is 

 worthy of a trial, being an interesting and distinct 

 wild flower. 



As for the blackberry, raspberry, dewberry, and 

 cloudberry, many may desire to cultivate them in 

 the shrubbery, and very interesting it is to observe 

 the differences between some of the sub-species 

 and varieties of blackberries, and the beauty, both 

 in fruit and flower, of the family. The cloudberry 

 can only be grown in a cold, wet, boggy soil, and 

 is almost impossible of culture as a garden plant, 

 except in moist and elevated spots. The dew- 

 berry, distinguished principally by the glaucous 

 bloom on the fruit when ripe, is of easy culture. 

 Of the Potentillas, P. rupestris, white-flowered. 



