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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
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of the very best early strawberries, an abundant bearer, and likewise excellent for 
preserving. The old Grove-end scarlet is, however, the very best for this pur¬ 
pose, being one of the earliest in ripening, and a great bearer. Eivers’s Eliza 
is another variety that is not so much grown as it ought to be, for there are 
few to equal it as a good cropper, and for general excellence, either for dessert or 
preserving. 
The parsley-leaved Blackberry, when grown to stakes like Easpberries, is pro- . 
ductive here, and there are few preserves to equal that made from its fruit when 
combined with a few apples. I have grown the plant now for several years, and 
it never fails to produce good crops, even in bad seasons. I have tried some of the 
American varieties of Blackberries, but our climate is either not warm enough, or 
their culture is not understood yet, for they have not produced satisfactory crops 
with me.— William Tillery. 
THE NATUKALISATION OF PLANTS. 
HEEE are but few positions in which hardy bulbs and herbaceous plants 
look better than when naturalised in wild or semi-wild positions, as on the 
outlying margins of the unmown lawn, or by the edges of sheltered wood¬ 
land walks or drives. In many of the largest gardens in this country the 
walks extend for miles in all directions through woods or plantations of conifers 
and other trees. Nature is not always the most bountiful in positions like these, 
which, however, are often such as the intelligent cultivator may render highly 
interesting, if not actually beautiful, by the judicious introduction of exotic or 
native plants, which will give no further trouble after they are once established, 
either by plants or seed. 
Plants most suitable for naturalisation as above suggested are those which are 
vigorous in habit, and which propagate themselves freely, either by offsets, run¬ 
ners, or seeds; indeed, unless they do this, they are only fit for positions in the 
dressed garden where they can be assisted as required. Among native plants we 
have Primulas, Cowslips, and Bluebells, which rarely fail when once established 
in deep rich heavy soils, and the common golden Daffodil extends itself rapidly 
in most positions, even amongst other herbage. Naturalised among the tender 
grass. Daffodils, Snowdrops, and other common bulbs generally do well. The 
common Foxglove does best on good rich soils, but it rarely fails even amongst 
rocks; and it does moderately well on dry banks, along with the rosy Lychnis, 
and the wood Forget-me-not. In open patches of deep soil the common Musk 
is a charming weed, and even Mignonette does well. 
In some districts where moist or dripping rocks abound, they can be rendered 
extremely ornamental, by draping them with Lysimacliia nummnlaria or Creeping 
Jenny, Sibthorpia europcea or Cornish Moneywort, Linaria Cyiiibalaria or Toad 
Flax, which grows very vigorously in moist and shady positions, as also do 
many of the most beautiful of the British Ferns, especially Lastreas, Athyrhim 
Filix-Jcejnina, and the stately Osmund Eoyal. 
For naturalisation in lakes, ponds, and streams, we have the pearly-white Water 
