GARDEN FLOWERS. 20$ 



/. odorata (sweet-scented) ; hardy annual ; i foot ; flowers white, 

 in June; Crete; 1806. /. saxatilis (rock); hardy evergreen 

 sub-shrub ; 6 inches ; flowers white, in May ; south of Europe ; 

 1739. ^' sempervirens (evergreen); hardy evergreen sub-shrub; 

 9 inches ; flowers white, in April ; Candia ; 1731. I.Tenoreaiia 

 (Tenore's) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers pale purple, in 

 June; Naples; 1802. /. lunbellata (common); hardy annual; 

 I foot ; flowers purple, rose, crimson, or white, in June ; south 

 of Europe ; 1596. 



There are several other species. 



Ilex. Holly. [Aquifoliaceae.] Beautiful evergreen trees, 

 with prickly foliage and red berries. The English Holly in 

 its many beautiful varieties is not hardy in the Northern 

 States. The American HollV; although found native as far 

 north as Maine, is often winter-killed in the New England 

 States : to the southward, it forms a splendid tree. Soil, 

 moist loam, sandy. Propagated by berries, which do not 

 vegetate for two years. 



/. opaca (dark); American Holly; hardy trees; 10 to 30 

 feet ; flowers greenish, in June. 



I. Cassine, myrtifolia, Dahoon, are Southern species. /. 

 vertkillata and Icevigafa (Black Alder), and I. glabra (Ink 

 Berr\^), are fine ornamental shrubs, perfectly hardy, which 

 are worthy of general cultivation. The latter is evergreen. 

 These latter are often called Prinos. 



Illicium. A?iiseed-tree. [Magnoliaceae.] Half-hardy 

 evergreen shrubs, with good foliage and curious fiow^ers. 

 Soil, peat and loamy. Increased by cuttings of young 

 ripened shoots in sand, or by layers, which take two years to 

 get well established. 



/. anisatum (Star Anise) ; half-hardy evergreen shrub ; 6 feet ; 

 flowers red, in May; Japan; 1790. I. Floridanu/n {Y\ond3) ; 

 half-hardy evergreen shrub ; 8 feet ; flowers red, in May ; Flor- 



