BRITISH WILD FLOWERS IN THE GARDEN. 



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other hand, if one patronized the people who offer in the Press British 

 flower and fern roots, then, one is, I think, guilty, often perhaps uncon- 

 sciously, of assisting in the destruction of the native flowers of the 

 British Isles, and there is this also to be considered, just as, in other 

 parts of the garden, the most cherished and interesting plants are those 

 given by friends or collected by one's self from various countries, so the 

 wild flowers in your garden will have an added interest if in their 

 collection you have the knowledge that they have been collected mainly 

 as seed, and that your mode of acquiring them has in no way helped to 

 destroy or lessen the beauty of our native flora. 



