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found on the Breiddin Hills in Montgomeryshire, 

 and the large golden-yellow-flowered P. alpestris, 

 found on the higher limestone mountains, are the 

 best. P. fruticosa, found in the north of England 

 and in Clare and Galway, in Ireland, makes a 

 neat, free flowering bush ; and the marsh poten- 

 tilla (P. Comarum) will do well in boggy ground, if 

 you have such, though it is more distinct than 

 pretty. As to the wild roses, it is difficult to make 

 any selection, because of their great interest. All 

 the species and varieties that could be collected 

 would surely prove of great interest in the shrub- 

 bery, as would all the British trees and shrubs of 

 the Rose family. 



Everybody at all familiar with our native plants 

 knows the common Willow-herb (Epilobium an- 

 gustifolium), so showy, and so apt to become a 

 disagreeable weed in some places. But if properly 

 placed in some out-of-the-way spot, where it cannot 

 overrun or interfere with rarer and less vigorous 

 plants, it becomes a real ornament, even when 

 contrasted with the most, showy of exotic herbs. 

 Even the botanist, in describing it, says, " a hand- 

 some plant" — an expression very rarely used by 

 gentlemen who write on English botany. Though 

 very widely distributed over Britain, it is not what 



