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own woods. The Hepaticas should be considered as belonging to the 
same genus, not forgetting the Hungarian one, A. angulosa. The 
Hepaticas thrive best and are seen best in half-woody places, where the 
spring sun may cheer them by passing through the branches, which after- 
wards become leafy and shade them from the scorching heats of summer, 
St. Bruno’s Lily, Anthericwm.—One of the most lovely aspects 
of vegetation in the alpine meadows of Europe is that afforded by the 
delicate white flowers of the St. Bruno’s Lily in the Grass in early 
summer, looking like miniature white Lilies. All who have seen it 
would no doubt like to enjoy the same in their turfy lawns or Grassy 
places, and there should be no difficulty in establishing it. The large- 
flowered or major variety might be tried with advantage in this way, 
and the smaller-flowered kinds, A. Liliago and its varieties, are equally 
suitable, They are not so likely to find favour in gardens as the larger 
kind, and therefore the wild garden is the home for them, and in it 
many will admire their graceful habit and numerous flowers. All the 
species best worth growing are natives of the alpine ineadows of Europe 
Alkanet, Anchusa.—Tall and handsome herbaceous plants, with 
numerous flowers of a fine blue, admirable for dotting about in open 
places in sunny glades in woods or copses. They mostly come from 
Southern Europe and Western Asia. A. italica and A. capensis are 
among the most useful. The English Anchusa sempervirens, rare in 
some places, is an excellent wild garden plant. 
Snapdragon, Antirrhinum—The common Snapdragon and its 
beautifully spotted varieties are easily naturalised on old walls and 
tuins by sowing the seed in old or mossy chinks. Antirrhinum 
Asarinum, rupestre, and molle do well treated in the same way. 
Probably many other’ species would be found good in like places. 
About two dozen species are known, but comparatively few of these are 
in cultivation. They mostly come from the shores of the Mediterranean. 
Columbine, Aguilegia—Favourite herbaceous plants, generally 
of various shades of blue and purple, white, and sometimes bright 
orange. The varieties of the common kind (A. vulgaris), which are 
very numerous, are those most likely to be naturalised. In elevated 
and moist districts some of the beautiful Rocky Mountain kinds would 
be worth a trial in bare places. In places where wild gardens have 
been formed the effect of Columbines in the Grass has been one of the 
most beautiful that have been obtained. The flowers group themselves 
in all sorts of pretty ways, showing just above the long Grass, and 
possessing great variety of colour. The vigorous and handsome A. 
