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Mv garden: 



The odoriferous Meadow-sweet {Spircza tdmaria, fig. 770) comes 

 up wild over our garden and field, as though .determined not to 

 "waste its sweetness in the desert air." I carefully cultivate this 

 plant, and, when mixed with the allied pink species from Japan, it can 

 hardly be surpassed by the flowers of the garden. 



Fig. 771. — Malva sylvestris. 



Fig. 773. — Myosotis paiustris 



Fig. 772. — Datura Stramonium. 



Fine specimens of the Mallow plant {Malva sylvestris, fig. 771) 

 grow in our field. It is really a grand plant, but too large to intro- 

 duce into the garden, except in the most uncultivated parts. 



The Achillea millefolium, springs up on our lawn, but the mowing 

 machine effectually prevents it from flowering. I do not object to 



Fig. 774. — Water Ranunculus. 



Fig. 774 a — Sium angustifolium. 



Fig 774^. — Poisonous roots 

 of Water Parsnip (OEnan- 

 the crocata). 



its presence, but on the contrary rather approve of it. The grand 

 Datura Stramonium (fig. 772) grows occasionally. 



By the side of our brooks the true Forget-me-not {Myosotis paiustris, 

 %• 773). one of the most beautiful of all flowers, blossoms abundantly ; 



