GARDEN FLOWERS. 



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7?. fniticosus /lore plena (double) ; hardy deciduous trailing 

 shrub; 10 feet ; flowers light-red, in July ; Britain. 



RuDBECKiA. [Compositae.] Showy hardy herbaceous per- 

 ennials, from which the species of Echinacea^ Obeliscaria, 

 Centrocarpha, and Dracopis have been separated. Increased 

 by seeds sown in May, to produce flowering-plants for the 

 next year, or by dividing the old roots any time in autumn 

 or spring, and planting the division with pieces of root at- 

 tached. They grow readily in any good common soil. 



R. lachiiata (jagged-leaved) ; hardy perennial ; 5 feet ; flow- 

 ers yellow, in July ; North America ; 1640. R. IcEvigata 

 (smooth) ; hardy perennial ; 3 feet ; flowers yellow, in July ; 

 Carohna; 1812. 



Ruscus. Butcher's Broo??t. [Smilaceae.] Evergreen un- 

 dershrubs. Common soil. Propagated by suckers. These 

 plants are not hardy in the Northern States. 



Curious Evergreens. — R. aculeatus, R. hypoglossum, R. 

 hypophyllum^ R. racetnosus. 



