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must be wlioUy omitted, as much moisture is very prejudicial. In 

 the sprins they should be put into the situations where they are to 

 remain for flowering. 



A few plants may likewise be placed in pots of good fresh mould, 

 in order to be set out in the yards or other compartments about the 

 house. 



The second sort admits of the same methods of cultivation, but 

 succeeds best in a rather moist soil, where the situation is somewhat 



shady. 



]Joth the species and all varieties are well suited for the pur- 

 poses of ornament, aflording a very agreeable diversity in clumps 



and borders. 



2. ANCHUSA OFFICINALIS. 



OFFICINAL BUGLOSS. 



This genus comprises several plants, chiefly of the herbaceous 

 perennial tribe, of hardy growth, and of the Bugloss kind. 



It belonss to the class and order Pentandria Monogyniu, and 

 ranks in the natural order of Asperifolice. 



The characters of which are: that the calyx is a five-parted, 

 oblong, round, acute, and permanent perianthium: tiie corolla is 

 monopetalous and funnel-shaped: tube cylindrical, of the length of 

 the calyx; limb semiquinquefid, form erect, expanding, and obtuse; 

 throat closed with five small scales; convex, prominent, oblong, and 

 converging: the stamina have very short filaments m the throat of 

 the corolla: anthers oblong, incumbent, and covered: the pistilium 

 has four germs: the style filiform, of the length of the stamina; 

 stigma obtuse and eniarginate; no pcricarpiuu), but the calyx en- 

 larged and erect, contains the seeds in its bosom: the seeds are four, 



oblongish, obtuse, and gibbose. 



The species that are most deserving of cultivation are: 1. A, 



