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ornamental, though not large growing kind. Y. stricta is a 

 rigid species scarcely so effective as the preceding; and Y. 

 angustifolia has narrow pointed leaves and a distinct habit. 

 Y. Treculeana is a very noble species, which will be found 

 perfectly hardy on good soil and in warm situations. It has 

 deeply furrowed and very large rigid leaves, and is well worthy 

 of culture even in a cool house, in which it is sometimes kept 

 in this country. If we had but this family alone, our efforts 

 to produce an agreeable effect with hardy plants need not 

 be fruitless. The freely flowering kinds, filamentosa and 

 flaccida, may be associated with any of our nobler autumn 

 flowering plants, from the Gladiolus to the great Statice 

 latifolia. The species that do not flower so often, like 

 pendula and gloriosa, are simply magnificent as regards their 

 effect when grown in the full sun and planted in good soil ; 

 and I need not say bold and handsome groups may be 

 formed by devoting isolated beds to this family alone. They 

 are mostly easy to increase by division of the stem and 

 rhizome ; and should in all cases be planted well and singly, 

 beginning with healthy young plants, so as to secure per- 

 fectly developed single-stemmed specimens. 



List of Hardy Herbaceous and Annual Plants, fyc, of fine 

 habit, worthy of employment in the flower garden or 

 pleasure ground. 



Acanthus, several spe- 

 cies. 



Asclepias syriaca. 



Statice latifolia. 



Morina longifolia. 



Polygonum cuspidatum. 



Rheum Emodi, and seve- 

 ral other species. 



Euphorbia Cyparissias. 



Datisca cannabina. 



Veratrum album. 



Tritomas, in variety. 



Thalictrum fcetidum. 



Crambecordifblia. 



Althaea taurinensis. 



Geranium anemonaefo- 

 lium. 



Melianthus major. 



Panicum, several species. 



Spiraea Aruncus. 

 „ venusta. 



Astilbe rivularis. 

 ,, rubra. 



Eryngium, several spe- 

 cies. 



Eerula, several species. 



Seseli, „ 



Chamserops excelsa. 



Cucumis perennis. 



Hibiscus roseus. 



Rhus glabra laciniata. 



Artemisia annua. 



Phytolacca decandra. 



Centaurea babylonica. 



Lobelia Tupa. 



Peucedanumruthenicum 



Heracleum, several spe- 

 cies. 



Lipsacus laciniatus. 

 Alfredia cernua. 

 Cynara horrida. 



„ Scolymus. 

 Carliua acanthif'olia. 

 Telekia cordifolia. 

 Echinops exaltatus. 



„ ruthenicus. 

 Helianthus argyrophyl- 

 lus. 



„ orgyalis, and 

 others. 

 Gunnera scabra. 

 Funkia subcordata. 



„ japonica. 

 Tritoma, in varieties. 

 Arundo Donax. 



„ conspicua. 

 Gynerium argenteum. 



