As it is desirable to know how to procure as well as how to select the best kinds, a few words on the first subject may not be amiss here.

A very important point is the getting of a stock of plants to begin with. In country or other places where many good old border flowers remain in the cottage gardens, many species may be collected therein. A series of nursery beds should be formed in some by-place in which such subjects could be increased to any desired degree. Free-growing spring-flowers like Aubrietia, Alyssum, and Iberis, maybe multiplied to any extent by division or cuttings. Numbers of kinds may be raised from seed sown rather thinly in drills, in nursery beds in the open air. The catalogues should be searched every Spring for suitable subjects. The best time for sowing is the Spring, but any time during the Summer will do. Many perennials and bulbs must be bought in nurseries and increased as well as may be in nursery beds. As to soil, etc., the best way is to avoid the trouble of preparing it except for specially interesting plants. The great point is to adapt the plant to the soil - in peaty places to place plants that thrive in peat, in clay soils those that thrive in clays, and so on. Among coarse vegetation the best way is to dig the ground deeply before planting, so as to allow the planted subjects to become well established. The ground is so dried, and exhausted and impoverished in some woodland places with coarse weeds, that so much preparation is necessary.

Ophrys in grass.

A Selection Of Plants For Naturalisation In Places Devoid Of Any But Dwarf Vegetation, On Bare Banks, Etc., And In Poorish Soil

Dielytra eximia.

,, formosa. Cheiranthus alpinus. Arabis albida. Aubrietia, in var. Alyssum saxatile. Odontarrhena carsmum. Iberis corifolia.

,, sempervirens.

„ correaefolia. Thlaspi latifolhim. AEthionema coridifolium. Heliaiitheinum, in var. Viola cornuta.

„ eucullata. Gypsophila repens. Tunica Saxifraga. Saponaria ocymoides. Silene alpestris.

„ Schafta. Cerastium Biebersteinii. „ grandiflorum. ., tomentosum. Linum alpinum.

„ arboreum.

,, flavum. Geranium Wallichianuin. „ striatum. „ cinereum, and others. Oxalis floribunda. Genista sagittalis. Anthyllis montana. Astragalus monspessulanus. Coronilla varia. Hedysarum obscurum.

Vicia argentea. Orobus vermis.

„ lathyroides. Waldsteinia trifolia. Potentilla calabra. Œnotliera speciosa.

,, missouriensis. „ taraxacifolia. Sedum dentatum. ,, kamtsehaticum. ,, Sieboldii. ,, spectabile. ,, spurium. Sempervivumcalcareum. ,, hirtum.

,, montannm.

„ soboliferum.

„ sedoides.

Saxifraga Aizoon. „ cordifolia. „ crassifolia. ,, erustata. „ longifolia. „ Cotyledon. ,, rosularis. Astrautia major. Dondia Epipactis. Atliamanta Matthioli. Cornus canadensis. Scabiosa cancasica. Hieraciuni aurantiacum. Doronicum caucasicum. Aster alpinus. Tussilago fragrans. Achillea aurea. Symphyandra pendula. Campanula carpatica.

Campanula fragilis. „ garganica. „ caespitosa.

Gaultneria procumbens. Vinca herbacea. Gentiana acaulis. Phlox stolonifera.

„ subulata. Lithospermum prostratum. Pulmonaria grandiflora.

,, mollis.

Myosotis dissitiflora. Physalis Alkekengi. Pentstemon procerus. Veronica austriaca. ,, Candida. ,, taurica. Teucrium Chamaedrys. Ajuga genevensis. Scutellaria alpina. Prunella grandiflora. Stachys lanata. Zietenia lavandulaefolia. Dodecatheon Meadia. Acantholimonglumaceum. Armeria cephalotes. Plumbago Larpentae. Polygonum Brunonis.

,, vaccinifolium.

Euphorbia Cyparissias. Iris cristata. ,, graminea. „ pumila. ,, reticulata. ,, nudicaulis.