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would be called a common plant ; but in no case 

 can there be any difiSculty in obtaining it. Planted 

 and allowed to have its own way in a shrubbery, or 

 any other position you care little about, it will 

 furnish a rich display with its purplish red flowers 

 in summer. Behind the late Sir Joseph Paxton's 

 fine house at Chatsworth, there is a little private 

 garden, and the shrubbery that encloses this ex- 

 hibits an abundance of the Willow-herb, planted 

 there by Paxton, who, though he enjoyed the 

 noblest tropical plants near at hand in the great 

 conservatory and Victoria Regia house, yet was 

 alive to the charms of this fine native plant. 

 There are many other kinds, but none of them so 

 worthy of culture as this. 



The Evening Primrose (iEnothera biennis), de- 

 serves a place from its fragrance ; and, as it is apt 

 to go wild, it is as well to place it in some out-of- 

 the way spot, where it may be found when desired, 

 and yet not have an opportunity to become a weed. 

 I observe it has quite covered waste building 

 ground near Westminster. As for the Marestail, 

 it is an aquatic plant, in general outline somewhat 

 resembling the Equisetums, and suited for the 

 curious and interesting collection rather than the 

 ornamental ; it flourishes healthfully in a ditch^ 



