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Cerastium tomentésum, Mouse-eared Chickweed, has a 
small white woolly beautiful leaf, and for this genus a 
large white flower. 
” Thave given a list of enough for a beginner, and shall 
be happy to continue it if these structures at all increase. 
There are many other plants, not referred to in this ar. 
ticle, which will be found in the body of this work, under 
the heads of their respective genera, that are recom- 
mended for rock-work. 
PLANTS SUITABLE FOR THE AQUARIUM OR 
ORNAMENTAL POND. 
When 2 garden is so situated that it can be supplied 
with living or running water, a collection of aquatic 
plants in an aquarium, in connection with a fish pond, 
will be an object of additional interest to the pleasure 
ground. But on no account would I advise an append- 
age of this sort to a garden, unless it be fed by a stream 
of water or spring. A dug-out, even if water can be ob- 
tained the year round, without an outlet or inlet, is a 
great nuisance, and only fit for raising frogs, musquitoes, 
and for the growth of green conferve upon its stagnant 
surface. With a stream or never failing spring of water, 
an aquarium can be made without much expense, if not 
on too large a scale. It should be at least three feet 
deep, and lined with a substantial stone wall; it should 
have a margin of grass, or be edged with rough or dressed 
_ granite or free-stone, surrounded with a nice gravel walk. 
The portion of aquarium designed for most plants, should 
be three feet deep, in addition to a good depth of rich 
‘soil, while the bottom of the other section should be laid 
