44 FLORA DOMESTICA. 



Jersey, and is called May-flower, Wild Honeysuckle, and 

 Upright Honeysuckle. We call it American Honeysuckle. 



The White-flowered Azalea is a lower shrub than the 

 former: the flowers are sweet-scented. This also is an 

 American. The Pontic Azalea has yellow flowers. The 

 Indian Azalea has a profusion of flowers, of a beautiful 

 bright red. 



The Azaleas should be sheltered from severe frost, and 

 the earth be kept moist. They flower from May to July, 

 and are too handsome to be dispensed with, but from ab- 

 solute want of room. 



BALM. 



MELISSA. 



LABIATiE. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 



From the fondness of bees for this plant, it is named melissa [a 

 bee], melissophyllum [bee-leaf], from the Greek ; and apiastrum, of 

 a like signification, from the Latin. From its strong scent of lemons, 

 Gesner has called it citrago. — French, le melisse des jardins [garden 

 balm]; herbe de citron [lemon herb]; citronade, citronelle, both from 

 the odour; poncirade; piment des mouches a miel [bees' spice]. — 

 Italian, melissa; cedronella; cedrancella; citraggine; melacitola. — 

 In the Brescian territory, sitornela. 



It is seldom that this darling of the bees is admitted 

 into the flower-garden, yet it is very pretty when in flower; 

 particularly that which is called the Great-flowered Balm, 

 which has large purple flowers. Many a useless plant is 

 admitted into the flower-garden with not half the beauty 

 of this, which would deserve a place there for its scent 

 alone. It was formerly considered as an efficacious remedy 

 in hypochondria, but it is not so highly esteemed by the 

 physicians of the present day. It proves, at least, an inno^ 



