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Hypericum. — St John's Wort. H. calycinum will suc- 

 ceed in a position where nothing else will thrive. Stony 

 banks, dry sandy stretches and rough wall faces it 

 increases in, and is pretty when bearing its yellow 

 flowers. The shrubby H. Moserianum is also good. 



Inula. — /. glandulosa is a handsome plant growing to a 

 height of three feet and bearing large, narrow-rayed 

 star flowers of a bright orange. 



Iris, — Many of this family are well adapted to grow- 

 ing in the wild garden. Of these the Flag, or so-called 

 German Irises, which should be planted on open slopes 

 and banks, afford a wide choice of ornamental named 

 varieties of which the following is a good selection : — 

 Princess of Wales, the best white ; favescens, pale yellow ; 

 atropurpurea, deepest violet ; forentina, pearl-grey, 

 scented; pallida and pallida dalmatica, different shades of 

 lavender, very fragrant ; Madame Chereau, white fringed 

 with blue, Bridesmaid, white and lavender, Victorine, 

 white and purple \ Apollo, yellow and crimson, Queen of 

 the May, rosy lilac, and Arnols, purple and fawn. L 

 ochroleuca or orientalis is a fine tall-growing species some- 

 times reaching a height of almost six feet and producing 

 a succession of white and yellow flowers. 1. aurea and 

 i. Monnieri are similar in growth to the last-named but 

 bear yellow flowers. Rich and somewhat damp soil is 

 recommended for these varieties, but as a matter of fact 

 they thrive and flower abundantly in a dry and stony site. 



Lunaria. — Honesty. This biennial is easily raised from 

 seed scattered broadcast. The white variety should 

 alone be grown, the magenta colouring of the flowers of 

 the type being particularly crude and unpleasing. After 

 the blooming is past the flat, silvery seed-vessels give a 

 pretty effect through the winter. After being once 

 established this plant will reproduce itself by self-sown 

 seed. 



Lupinus. — The herbaceous L. polyphyllus, of which 



