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SO many 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 ground, from the month of June 

 to September, is a native of the country near 

 Constantinople, from whence it was introduced 

 to illuminate the banks of our shrubberies by Sir 

 George Wheeler, Bart., in the year 1676. We 

 are not told what use the fair Sultanas make of 

 this flower in their emblematical language, and 

 rather than it should remain a cipher amongst 

 floral hieroglyphics, we place it in the Dictionary 

 to represent superstition. 



The Hijpericum Cah/dnum has many qualities 

 to recommend it to the notice of modern gar- 

 deners. Its being an evergreen creeper with 

 large foliage renders it a desirable plant to cover 

 banks and bare patches beneath trees, since, like 

 the Periwinkle, it prospers in the shade, where 

 its fine yellow petals and beautiful chives, headed 



