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blossoms, but a strong plant of this species will ramble over, 

 and by its density of growth prevent every plant and shrub 

 that comes within its reach from thriving; indeed, it is 

 a greater rambler than the Hop, the Bindweed, or the 

 Bryony, and is very handsome. Tying up or training such 

 a plant is out of the question ; but there are many rough 

 places in the wild garden where it would be quite at home. 

 Every kind of Everlasting Pea is excellent for the wild 

 garden, either for scrambling over hedgerows, stumps, or 

 growing among the grass. — J. W. in Garden. 



Monkey-flower, Mimulus. — 'Wandering one day in the 

 neighbourhood of " Gruigfoot," a queer-shaped hill in 

 Linlithgowshire, my eye was attracted by a small burn 

 whose banks were literally jewelled throughout its visible 

 course with an unfamiliar yellow flower. A nearer approach 

 showed me that it was the garden Mimulus (Monkey-flower), 

 the seed of which must have escaped from some cottage 

 garden, and established itself here, in the coldest part of the 

 British Isles. I took the hint, and have naturalized it by the 

 banks of a small stream which runs at the foot of my garden, 

 and I strongly recommend your readers to do the same. It min- 

 gles charmingly with the blue Forget-me-not.' — S. in Garden. 



Grape Hyacinth, Muscari. — These free and hardy little 

 bulbs are easily naturalized and very handsome, with their 

 little spikes of flowers of many shades of blue. At 

 Gravetye I used to throw the bulbs in little hollows in 

 grassy places, and then fill up level with a couple of inches 

 of soil, thus saving the trouble of lifting the turf to plant. 

 We had some very pretty effects, my only trouble was in 

 not being able to get these things by the million. 



Forget-me-not, Myosotis. — There is one exotic species, 

 M. dissitiflora, not inferior in beauty to any of our handsomest 



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