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The foliage of the Meadow Saffron in Spring . . i6o 



The White-flowered European Clematis (C. erecta) i6i 



Cyclamens in the Wild Garden .... 163 



A South European Bindweed .... . 164 



A Sea Holly ; Eryngium . 167 



Groups of Siebold's Plantain Lily .... 170 



A hardy Geranium . .... 172 



Everlasting Pea, creeping up stem in shrubbery . 178 



Type of fine-leaved umbellate plants seldom grown in gardens 180 



The Bee Balm, Monarda. American wood plant . 181 



The Great Japan Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum) 184 



Phlomis 185 



The tall Ox-eye Daisy (Pyrethrum serotinum) 186 



The Great Reed of Southern Europe (Arundo Donax) 187 



Telekia. Type of the larger Composites . . 192 



Group of Tritoma, in grass (by Lake Longleat) 193 



Tall Mullein 195 



Large White Achilleas, spread into wide masses under shade 196 



Ophrys, in grass . . 197 



Large-leafed Rockfoil in the Wild Garden 210 



Robinson's Blue Windflower .... . 216 



Native Sun Rose in Somerset Combe . 222 

 The Field Rose (R. arvensis) . To face page 2.'^ 



Natural growth of umbellata plants 239 



The Vernal Gentian. (Engraved from a photograph) 244 



Snowflake (Longleat) ... . 253 



Giant Horse-tail (Equisetum Telmateia) . . . 256 

 White Willow in Hampshire . To face page 2^ 



Crack Willow in Kennet Valley ... 263 



The Black Poplar in the Kennet Valley To face page 268 



