106 FLORA HISTORICA. 



rays, certainly gives a better picture of the sun 

 than it does of Aaron's beard, by which name it is 

 frequently called. 



The leaves of some of the species of this plant, 

 ■when held against the light, seem perforated by a 

 thousand small holes ; and hence it has been called 

 Perforata, or Porosa, from which the French name 

 for this genus of plants of Mille-pertuis, Thousand 

 holes, is derived. 



This Terrestrial Sun, which now shines so 

 happily under the shade of the trees and shrubs 

 of our pleasure-grounds, from the month of June 

 to September, is a native of the countr}^ near 

 Constantinople, from whence it was introduced to 

 illuminate the banks of our shrubberies by Sir 

 George Wheeler, in the year 1676. We are not 

 told Avhat use the fair Sultanas make of this flower 

 in their emblematical language, and rather than 

 it should remain a cypher amongst floral hiero- 

 glyphics, we place it in the Dictionary to represent 

 superstition. 



The Hypericum Calycinum has many qualities 

 to recommend it to the notice of modern gardeners. 

 Its being an evergreen creeper with large foliage 

 renders it a desirable plant to cover banks and 

 bare patches beneath trees, since, like the Peri- 

 winkle, it prospers in the shade, where its fine 

 yellow petals and beautiful chives, headed by spark- 



