CERINTHE. 87 



" E pero sparga quivi il buon sapore 

 De la trita melissa, e I'erba vile 

 De la cerinta." 



Le Api del Rucellai. 



And therefore sprinkle here the genial flavour 

 Of the bruised balm and lowly honey wort. 



CHELONE. 



BIGNONIEiE. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIjB. 



This name is derived from the Greek, and signifies a tortoise. — 

 French, galane ; tortue, [tortoise] . 



The White Chelone has been called by Joscelin, in his 

 New England Rarities, the Humming-bird Tree. When 

 planted in the open ground, it spreads its roots to a con- 

 siderable distance ; but it rather improves than injures 

 them to confine the roots by putting the plant in a pot ; 

 as the stalks which the root sends up will otherwise be 

 too far distant, and have a straggling appearance. 



The Red Chelone is very similar to the first species, 

 but has broader leaves, and the flowers being of a brilHant 

 purple, it is altogether more showy than those with white 

 flowers. 



The Hairy Chelone is also very similiar to the first, 

 but that the leaves of this are hairy, and the flowers are 

 of a clearer white. 



There are one or two others, but these are the hand- 

 somest ; and as their treatment should be the same, it is 

 useless to make a mere catalogue of names. 



They are all natives of North America, and will endure 

 the cold without injury, but must be watered daily in hot 

 weather ; and, when very dry, both morning and evening. 

 These plants are the more valuable, as they are in full 



