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tliey arc yellow at first, but fade awaj to a brown: they come out 

 in July and August, but seldom perfect seeds in this climate. It is 

 a native of the South of France. 



' The second species rises with a shrubby stalk to the height of five 

 or six feet, sending out some side branches, which in the spring have 

 on their lower parts leaves composed of many small flat leaflets, 

 finely cut like those of coriander, and of a sea-green colour; these 

 leaves soon fall off, and the upper part of the branches is closely 

 covered with long rush-like leaves having four angles, coming out ia 

 clusters from each joint. The flowers grow in spreading umbels 

 at the extremities of the branches; are small, of an herbaceous 

 colour, and succeeded by oblong channelled seeds. It is a native of 

 the Cape, and flowers from June to August. 



The third has a shrubby branching stem of moderate growth: the 

 leaves are sharp and rather fleshy ; and the flowers in small umbels 

 at the end of the branches. It is a native of Spain, and flowers in 

 August and September. 



Culture. — These sorts of plants may be propagated either by seeds 

 or cuttings. In the first method the seeds should be sown in autumn, 

 soon after the}' are ripe, in pots of light mould, and placed in a frame, 

 to have shelter from frost during winter, and in spring plunged in a 

 hot-bed, especially the two green-house kinds, Avliich soon brings up 

 the plants. These should be inured to the full air, and, when of 

 proper growth, transplanted into separate small pols, shade and 

 occasional waterines beino- given in tlie summer: in aulumn the 

 plants should be placed in a green-house or frame, and in spring 

 following those of the first sort planted out in the nursery-ground. 



In tiie second method the cuttings should be planted out in 

 spring, in pots of light earlh, plunging them in a moderate hot-bed, 

 where they readily lake root. 



The common shrubby kind may also be raised by cuttings in the 

 common ground, by jjlanling thenj in the later summer months, and 

 sheltering them occasionally from the frost during the winter; or by 

 planting them in pots at the same lime, and placing them in a 

 garden-frame for occasional shelter from frost. In either method 



