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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



9. Arum maculatum. 



10. Barbarea vulgaris. 



11. Bellis perennis. 



12. Ballota nigra. 



13. Brassica oleracea. 



14. Carduus marianus. 



15. Cheiranthus Cheiri. 



16. Convallaria majalis. 



17. Crataegus oxyacantha. 



18. Cerastium vulgatum. 



19. Dactylis glomerata. 



20. Daphne laureola. 



21. Dianthus deltoides. 



22. Epilobium hirsutum. 



23. Festuca glauca. 



24. Fragaria argentea. 



25. aurea. 



26. Funckia alba (marginata). 



27. Galeobdolon luteum. 



28. Gleclioma hederacea. 



29. Hypericum perforatum. 



30. Iris Germanica. 



31. Iberis amara. 



32. Juncus conglomeratus. 



33. Lamium maculatum. 



34. Leontodon Taraxacum. 



35. Linaria Cymbalaria. 



36. Lychnis dioica. 



37. Medicago sativa. 



38. Melissa grandiflora. 



39. officinalis. 



40. Mentha rotundifolia. 



41. sylvestris. 



42. Matricaria chamomilla. 



43. Petroselinum sativum. 



44. Phalaris arundinacea. 



45. Polemonium caeruleum. 



46. Pulmonaria sibirica. 

 57. Potentilla anserina. 



48. Prunella vulgaris. 



49. Quercus robur. 



50. Rubus corylifolius. 



51. Eumex sanguinea. 



52. Ruta graveolens. 



53. Saponaria officinalis. 



54. Scrophularia mellifera* 



55. Saxifraga umbrosa. 



56. Spiraea urinaria. 



57. Stachys sylvatica. 



58. Senecio Jacobaea. 



59. Thymus citratus. 



60. Tussilago Farfara. 



61. Trifolium incarnatum. 



62. repens. 



63. Urtica dioica. 



64. Veronica chamsedrys. 



65. spicata. 



66. gentianoides. 



67. Verbena officinalis. 



68. Vinca major (reticulated). 



69. Viola odorata. 



70. plena. 



Only eleven of these are contained in the Badminton list, which, 

 however, runs as much on trees as herbaceous plants ; but three 

 more are mentioned in the notes which follow. 



Chief Baron Pollock remarks that he has observed in his own 

 grounds and those around him, a tendency in wild plants to be- 

 come variegated (always in a similar way) on their quitting their 

 wild habitats and becoming familiar with the artificial soils pro- 

 duced by cultivation. Ballota nigra is a good example. " I found 

 in a tenant's garden a beautiful specimen of this despised plant. 

 I removed it, collected the seed, and sowed it. About 30 per cent, 

 of the plants that appeared were variegated; and now I have 

 plants whose seed generally produces nothing but variegated 

 plants. I have distributed many of them. I believe all came 

 from the same stock. I tried the same with Phalaris arundinacea 

 foliis variegatis. I raised several thousand plants : only three 

 were variegated*. One fine summer the sycamore {Acer pseudo- 

 platanus foliis variegatis) had conspicuous fruit on its branches. 

 I collected and sowed it, and raised about 2000 young, plants : 

 * I have found this wild at Whittlesea Mere. — M. J. B. 



