ON THE CULTURE OF WILD FLOWERS AND PLANTS. 
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soils of various degrees of richness, always prefers the cultivated 
grounds, or grounds which are analogous to them; and in the 
wild state it is very prone to run into varieties, both in the size 
and colour of its blooms,—the blooms being larger, and the colours 
richer, in proportion as the soil is more rich, and the situation 
better sheltered from the cold winds. Even in the garden, the 
Pansy retains its tendency to sport varieties of bloom; and if the 
same plants are left to flower without artificial training for a year 
or two, they degenerate back to the wild flower. 
The Daisy is another plant which has been a little improved 
by culture, though it is still one of the humblest inmates of the 
garden. Now, the Daisy is found in a great variety of situations, 
from the little bit of green and kindly sward pretty high on the 
hill, to the rich lowland meadow, though not if that meadow is 
frequently flooded, or of a swampy nature. In all the situations 
the Daisy varies in its development, being a tiny and unheeded 
thing upon the exposed sward, and getting larger and more 
attractive, as the soil becomes richer and the situation warmer. 
In the case both of the Pansy and the Daisy, therefore, we place 
the plant in its natural circumstances, only a little more height¬ 
ened and favourable to its growth. 
The Scotch Rose is another instance, not only of submitting to 
culture, but of being highly improved by it; and this rose, 
though not a mountaineer, is found upon the stony wastes and 
hills, generally those near the sea, and sometimes at such a height 
as would be considered a mountain in the flat parts of England. 
But the Scotch Rose is not a plant of the bare soil, or of the 
tangled brake;—it loves free and open air, and a considerable 
quantity of rich soil. Hence it is found near projecting stones, 
where the eddy of the winds deposits the richest portion of the 
soil, or where any other kind of shelter produces the same "de¬ 
scription of mould for it. When brought lower down, and espe¬ 
cially farther south, it is found to become more delicate ; and 
unless it gets light loam, in which there is scarcely any portion 
of iron, and free exposure to all but the most cutting winds, it 
languishes, and will not bloom or even live beyond a very limited 
number of years. We look to some of our correspondents^ who 
are eminent for the growth of Roses, and of this rose among the 
rest, to give us a paper expressly on its culture, and embodying 
the results of his own experience. 
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