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in this country. The double variety of the Pyre- 

 thrum, now so frequent in our flower gardens, is 

 a native plant— or, at least, the single or normal form 

 of the species is. The Sea Wormwood (Artemisia 

 maritima) forms a silvery bush, common on our shores, 

 and worthy a corner now and then in our gardens. 

 There is a deep rose-coloured variety of the common 

 Yarrow, which should be in every garden, and there 

 is a very pretty double white variety of the ' Sneezewort ' 

 (Achillea Ptarmica) which comes from British parents. 



The Mountain Everlasting (Gnaphalium dioicum) is 

 a beautiful dwarf plant, admirable for rocks or the front 

 of a border, or in -any way amongst Alpine plants; it 

 abounds on mountains in Scotland, Wales, and many 

 parts of England. There is a variety called G. d. 

 roseum, that has its dwarf flowers delicately tinted 

 with rose ; neat edgings are sometimes made of this 

 plant, so that there should be no difficulty in procuring 

 it, even supposing we cannot find it wild ; it is a 

 popular plant wherever Alpine flowers are grown. 



We will now turn to the extensive Harebell order, 

 where we shall find much beauty, from the Harebell 

 which swings its pretty blue above the wind-beaten 

 turf on many an upland pasture, to the little prostrate 

 Ivy Campanula (C. hederacea), plentiful in moist spots 

 in Ireland and western England. 



The giant Campanula (C. latifolia) is one of the hand- 

 somest, and is pretty frequent. The Spreading Cam- 

 panula (C. patula), of' the central and southern counties 



