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not flower but in a saline soil. These shrubs will bear this 

 climate very well, with the exception of the Rose-acacia, 

 which must be sheltered from frost and keen winds. They 

 may be kept moderately moist. 



ROCKET. 



HESrERIS. 



CKUCIFEH.'E. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOS^. 



Hesperis is from the Greek, and signifies evening ; the flowers are 

 so called because they smell sweetest at that time. — Englisli, Rocket ; 

 Dame's- violets ; Damask- violets ; Queen's-gillowflowers ; Rogue's-gil- 

 liflowers; Win ter-gilli flowers ; and Close-sciences. — French, la Juli- 

 enne ; la Juliana ; la cassolette [smelling-bottle] ; la giroflee musquee 

 [musk pink ; la giroflee des dames [ladies' pink] ; la violette des dames 

 [dame's violet] ; la Juliana de nuit [night Juliana]. — Italian, esperide ; 

 Giuliana ; viola matronale [housewives' violet] ; bella Giulia [pretty 

 Julia] . 



The species called the Night-smelling Rocket is much 

 cultivated for the evening fragrance of the flowers, which 

 induces the ladies in Germany to keep it in pots in their 

 apartments, whence it obtained the name of Dame's- 

 violets. 



These flowers are generally ]>iennial, and flower but 

 once ; they nmst therefore be frequently supplied. A 

 strong root of each kind desired should be set apart, not 

 suffered to flower; but when the flower-stems have shot 

 up six inches high, they should be cut down close to the 

 bottom : these stalks may each be cut into two pieces, and 

 both halves planted in a soft loamy earth and placed where 

 they may enjoy the morning sun. They should then be 

 well-watered and covered with glasses, round the rims of 

 which the earth should be drawn close, to exclude the air. 

 When the sun is hot, these glasses should be shaded. Once 



