4m 



gret'M colour: llic sUius a fool and a lialf Iiigh, willi leaves ot iIk' 

 same sliapc but smaller, and placed Oj>posile; tin y arc tCM-ininaled 

 !)>' lou'j, s[)ikes of l)lue flowers, wliieli apjiear in June. Il is a nalivc 

 of (jermany, Austiia, and Kiibsia. 



The sixth species has llie slcms very wliite and woolly, about a 

 fool hiuli: the leaves oblon<^', lioarv, two inches and a half loni;, 

 ihrec cjuyrleis of an inch broad, sessile: the flowers deep blue in 

 terminaling spikes, ar.d from the ui)per axils: they appear m June 

 auO July- ^1^ >s a native of Uussia, Ukiain Tarlary, Sic. 

 .■ There is a variety vviih while; flowers. ,,.!.,. 



The scvenlh has the spikes a<)ore<rate, ihe flowers large, the leaves 

 an inch long, lanceolate wcdge-shapetl al lln> base, with lanceolate 

 segments. 1 1 is a native of Siberia, flowering in July and August. 



The eighth species is a bushy shrub about two feet high: stem 

 upris^ht, round, very much branched: the branchlels alternate, 

 spreading, round or indistinctly (piadrangular, closely leafed one-very 

 side, having a pubescent line on each side' running down from I'he 

 oppositions of the leaves, which spread very much, e.re scarce an 

 inch long, acute, coriaceous, smooth and even, one-nerved, j)aler 

 underneath, evergreen, border cartilaginous, on very short concave 

 smooth [>elioles, gibbous al the base on the outside: llie racemes 

 single, short, few-flowered, towards the end of the branches, not ter- 

 minating, but just below the top: the pedicels ;dlernate, short, 

 nuadran<)-uiar, one-flowered. The regular growth of the leaves de- 

 cussaled or crosswise, distinguishes this species nnmediately. 



Ciiltin-c.—'Vhc^e plants may be raised by seed and j)arting the 



roots. 



In the annual sorts the seeds should be sown in the aulunm or 

 very early spring, in the borders or places wlune tlie |ilanls are to 

 <vrow, bein"' lightly covered in: if the seeds be permitted to serdler, 

 good plants may \ni raised: sometimes they are sown on beds to be 

 afterwards removed. 



Til the pen nnial sorts the roots may be parted in the autumn or 

 early si)ring, and jilanted out where they are to grow, or in nursery- 

 rows to be afterwards removed. 



