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skill that the result looks, not as if it had been done, but as if it had 

 happened. 



' It should be remembered that a beautiful garden is a place of 

 pleasant labour and happy restfulness, and that the more it can be filled 

 with perfect pictures, the more it gives delight to the eye and solace tO' 

 the mind, and the nearer it approaches to the making of an earthly 

 paradise.' 



The following is a list of the best Herbaceous Perennial Plants for 

 cultivation in the flower border. After each name the page at which 

 information in regard to description, culture &c. is given is indi- 

 cated in figures. 



Acanthus latifolius, p. 736. 

 longifolius, p. 736. 

 mollis, p. 736. 

 spinosissimus, 



p. 737. 

 spinosus, p. 737. 

 Achillea Eegyptiaca, p. 528. 

 asplenitolia, p. 528. 

 Eupatorium, p. 528. 

 Ptarmioa, fl. pi., 



p. 529. 

 tomentosa, p. 529. 

 Aconitum, vars., p. 162. 

 Adonis vernalis, p. 144. 

 ^thionema cordifoUum, 



p. 216. 

 Alstroemei'ia, vars., p. 914. 

 Althaea rosea, p. 271. 

 Alyssum saxatile, p. 210. 

 Anehusa italica, p. 675. 

 Anemone, vars., p. 139. 

 Anthemis tinotoria, p. 530. 

 Antherieum, vars., p. 825. 

 Aquilegia, vars., p. 155. 

 Arnebia eehioides, p. 679. 

 Arum italicum, p. 954. 

 Arundo Donax, p. 958. 

 Asclepias tuberosa, p. 647. 

 Asphodelus luteus, p. 823. 



ramosus, p. 823. 

 Aster, vars., p. 500. 

 Astilbe, vars., p. 414. 

 Astragalus monspessulanus, 



p. 343. 

 Baptisia australis, p. 323. 

 Betonica grandiflora, p. 755. 

 Bocoonia cordata, p. 195. 

 Buphthahnum grandiflorum, 

 p. 511. 

 saliclfolium, 



p. 511. 

 speoiosum, 

 p. 611. 



LIST II 



Calceolaria alba, p. 704. 



Kellyana, p. 705. 

 Calla palustris, p. 955. 

 Callirhoe involucrata, p. 276. 

 Calystegia dahurica, p. 684. 



pubescens, p. 684. 

 Campanula abietina, p. 563. 

 alpina, p. 563. 

 carpatica, p. 563. 

 dahurica, p. 564. 

 glomerata, p. 564. 

 grandis, p. 565. 

 lactiflora, p. 565. 

 latifolia, p. 565. 

 mirabiUs, p. 566. 

 nobilis, p. 566. 

 persicffifolia, 



p. 566. 

 pyramidalis, 



p. 567. 

 rotundifolia, 



p. 568. 

 Trachelium, 



p. 568. 

 turbinata, p. 563. 

 Van Houttei, 

 p. 565. 

 Carbenia benediota, p. 551. 

 Cassia marilandiea, p. 354. 

 Catananche bioolor, p. 553. 

 eserulea, p. 553. 

 Centaurea amerioana, p. 549, 

 babylonica, 



p. 549. 

 macrocephala, 



p. 550. 

 ragusina, p. 551. 

 Centranthus ruber, p. 489. 

 Cephalaria alpina, p. 491. 

 Chelone glabra, p. 712. 

 obliqua, p. 712. 

 Chrysanthemum, vars., 

 p. 681. 



Chrysobaotron Hookeri, 



p. 826. 

 Chrysogonum virginianum, 



p. 511. 

 Cimicifuga racemosa, p. 164_ 

 Clematis recta, p. 135. 

 Cnicus, vars., p. 548. 

 Columbine, p. 155 

 Commelina cselestis, p. 807. 

 Convallaria majalis, p. 813. 

 Convolvulus althseoides, 

 p. 685. 

 Soldanella, 

 p. 684. 

 Coreopsis grandiflora, p. 518> 

 lanceolata, p. 518. 

 tenuifolia, p. 519. 

 Coronilla iberica, p. 345. 



varia, p. 345. 

 Corydalis lutea, p. 200. 



nobilis, p. 200. 

 Crambe cordifolia, p. 221. 



pinnatifida, p. 222. 

 Cypripedium Calceolus, 

 p. 892. 

 spectabile, 

 p. 893. 

 Dahlia, vars., p. 519. 

 Delphinium, vars., p. 158. 

 Dicentra eximia, p. 198. 



spectabilis, p. 199. 

 Diotamnus Fraxinella, 



p. 296. 

 Dodeoatheon integrifolium, 

 p. 626. 

 JeflEreyanum, 



p. 626. 

 Meadia, 

 p. 626. 

 Doronicum caucasicum, 

 p. 540. 

 plantagineum, 

 p. 540. 



