List of Illustrations xi 



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The large white Bindweed 50 



The Nootka Bramble .... 52 



The Yellow Allium (A. Moly) naturalized 54 



Large White Clematis on Yew tree at Great Tew . 69 



Climbing shrub (Celastrus), isolated on the grass 71 



A Liane in the North. Aristolochia and Deciduous Cypress 74 



A beautiful accident. — A colony of Myrrhis odorata 80 



The Lily of the Valley in copse .... 87 

 Colonies of Poet's Narcissus and Broad-leaved Saxifrage 



To face page 92 



Solomon's Seal and Herb Paris, in copse by streamlet . 100 



Colony of hardy exotic Flowers, naturalized by brook-side 102 



Cyperus longus 106 



The Cape Pond Weed in an English ditch in winter 108 



Day Lily by margin of water . . 109 



Marsh Marigold and Iris in early spring no 



The same spot as in opposite sketch, with aftergrowth of Iris in 



Partridge Berry (Gaultheria) . . ... 113 



Arenaria Balearica, self-planted on wall at Great Tew . 114 



Cheddar Pink, Saxifrage, and Ferns, on cottage wall at MeUs 115 



The Yellow Fumitory (Corydalis lutea) on wall 117 



Purple Rock Cress (Mountains of Greece) 118 

 Wild Rose growing on a Pollard Ash in Orchardleigh Park, 



To face page 120 

 White Climbing Rose scrambling over old Catalpa Tree 



To face page iz^ 



Climbing Rose on grass ... 128 



Autumn Crocuses in the Wild Garden 129 



Crane's-bill, wild, in grass . 131 

 Tiger Lilies in Wild Garden at Great Tew To face page 134 



Large-flowered Clematis ... ... 138 



Sun Roses (Cistus) . To face page 140 



WoodrufiF and Ivy . 144 



Snowdrops by streamlet . 145 



The Monkshood, naturalized ... 147 



The White Narcissus-Uke Allium, in the orchards of Provence 149 



Siberian Columbine in rocky place . 153 



Tall Asphodel in copse . i54 



