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the double Bramble, Vines (American and the common 
varieties), single Roses, the Virginian creepers (Ampelopsis), 
the large Bindweed (Calystegia dahurica), Aristolochia Sipho, 
and A. tomentosa, and several of the perennial Tropzolums, 
T. pentaphyllum, speciosum, and tuberosum. The hardy 
Smilax, too, are very handsome, and the Canadian Moonsecd, 
only suitable for this kind of gardening. 
Among the families of plants that are suitable for the 
various positions enumerated at the head of this chapter 
may be named — Acanthus, any variety, Viola, both the 
sweet varieties and some of the large scentless kinds, the 
Periwinkle, Speedwells, Globe Flowers, Trilliums, Plume 
Ferns (Struthiopteris), and many other kinds, the Lily of 
the Valley and its many varieties and allies, the Canadian 
Bloodwort, the Winter Greens (Pyrola), Solomon’s Seal, and 
allied exotic species, the May Apple, Orobus in variety, 
Narcissi, many, the Common Myrrh, the perennial Lupin, 
hardy common Lilies, the Snowflakes, all kinds of Everlasting 
Peas and allied plants, admirable for scrambling through low 
hedges and over bushes, Windflowers, the taller and stronger 
kinds in lanes and hedgerows, the various Christmas Roses 
which will repay for shelter, the European kinds of Gladiolus, 
such as segetum and Colvilli, the taller and more vigorous 
Cranes Bills (Geranium), the Snake’s Head (Fritillaria) in 
variety, Strawberries of any variety or species, the beautiful 
Plume-leaved Giant Fennel, Dog’s Tooth Violets in bare spots 
or spots bare in spring, the Winter Aconite, the Barren Worts, 
for peaty spots or leaf soil, the May Flower, for sandy poor 
soil under trees, the Dentaria, the coloured and showier forms 
of Primroses, Oxslips, Polyanthus, the hardy European Cycla- 
