102 LEGUiMINOS/E. 



G. tinctoria {Gree?t- Weed). — This species is a native of 

 Britain, and is a low diffuse plant with stems somewhat 

 prostrate at the base, but afterwards ascending and reach- 

 ing the height of i ^ foot, branching abundantly, the branches 

 being hard, rigid, and green, and producing many small 

 racemes of gay yellow flowers at their extremities, which ap- 

 pear in the summer months. There is a desirable double- 

 flowered sort, the flowers of which last longer than those of the 

 single one. Besides being indigenous, it is very generally 

 distributed throughout Europe in hilly pastures. 



Glycine Apios. — This is, in so far as I am aware, the only 

 representative of this genus in cultivation — that is, of the hardy 

 herbaceous ones — and I am not aware that any other is worthy 

 of cultivation. The beautiful and graceful Wistaria si?iensis, 

 sometimes, but erroneously, bears the name Glycifie. This is 

 a bold, climbing, or rather twining tuberous-rooted herbaceous 

 plant, which reaches the height of 8 or lo feet. The stems 

 produce abundantly handsome pinnate leaves, the leaflets of 

 which are narrow, egg-shaped,, and dark green. In the axils 

 along the greater part of the stems the racemes of pink flowers 

 appear from July till September. The plant is too rampant 

 and bulky to be used in any select arrangement of herbaceous 

 plants. It is best fitted for naturalising in semi-wild places, 

 associated with the Hop, Tamus, and suchlike climbing plants, 

 where poles must be provided for them to cling to. Native of 

 North America. 



Hedysanim. — There is very little in this extensive family 

 that is fit to associate with ornamental hardy perennial plants. 

 There are many species, but they are mostly of a weedy 

 character ; many also are biennial and annual plants ; and of 

 perennials, biennials, and annuals, there are many not hardy 

 enough to endure the rigour of our climate, and there are none 

 of these so beautiful as to be worthy of recommendation here 

 for culture in frames or other shelter. The " French Honey- 

 suckle " {H, coronariimi) is of longer duration than two years 

 in light warm soils; but though a showy enough plant for 

 mixed borders of considerable breadth, it is not to trust to as 

 a perennial of more than a few years' duration, even in the most 

 favourable circumstances. The best of the perennials with 

 which I am acquainted is H. obscurtim^ which is a dwarf plant 

 with creeping roots and ascending or erect stems, producing 

 pinnate leaves composed of from five to nine pairs of leaflets. 

 The spikes of purplish-blue flowers are produced in the axils of 

 the leaves on short stalks. It produces its flowers in July and 

 August, and is a handsome plant for the mixed border and for 



