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/'The Christmas Rose, H. Niger, is 
HEPATICA. 
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HESPERANTIA. 
with snails at night; and when tiis | 
is done, a great number of snails 
will generally be found either in the 
pots or sticking to the outside in the | 
morning. Cabbdage-leaves and slices 
of raw potatoes are also laid as traps 
for snails. | 
He we’ sorvus.—Ranunculdcee.— 
one of the handsomest plants be- | 
longing to this genus, on account of 
its flowering in winter, or very early | 
spring, before almost every other 
flower. It is a hardy perennial, | 
which will thrive in any common | 
garden soil, and is increased by | 
dividing the roots. 
HeLmer-rLower. 
THES. 
Hexo'nias. — Melanthdeer. — 
Perennial plants, natives ef Nerth 
America, which produce spikes of 
very small pinkish or white flowers, 
and which are generally grown in 
peat soil, and in a moist situation. 
They are propagated by seeds or 
division of the root. 
Hemeroca’tuis.—The Day-lily. 
Handsome perennial plants, with 
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See Corya'‘n- | 
yellow or copper-coloured floweis. 
They are quite hardy, and only 
require a moist soil and a 
situation. They are propagated by 
dividing the roots. For the white and 
purplish-flowered kinds, see Fu/NxK1a. 
HeEn-anp-Crickens.—A kind of 
Daisy.—See Be'iuis. 
Henzane.—See Hyoscy‘amus, 
Hepa'tica. — Ranunculaceae, — 
Pretty little plants, which flower 
very see in spring. They shculd 
be grown ina hight sandy soil, and 
a shady situation; and, as they have 
a propensity to raise themselves out 
of the soil, they should be taken up 
every two or three years in autumn, 
and replanted. If this be not done, 
the earth should be raked or hoed 
up round them, so as to cover the 
roots ; as, if these are left exposed, | 
they will wither, and the plants will | 
probably die. The flowers of the | 
shady 
The Cow-parsnip. 
Hepética, unlike those of most 
other plants, possess their full colour 
from the first formation of the bud. 
Heracte‘um. — Tike ole 
The giganti 
Siberian Cow-parsnips, H. asperum 
and H. giganteum, are probably two 
of the most magnificent herbaceous 
plants in the world. ‘They are 
biennials, and are propagated by 
seeds, which ripen in abundance. 
The plants should be placed in a 
shady, moist situation, near a pond, 
if possible ; and where this is not 
practicable, they should have abun- 
dance of water. Thus treated, a 
| plant has been known to attain the 
height of fourteen feet in a single 
summer, with a fluted stem six or 
eight inches in diameter; and a 
compound umbel of white flowers, 
measuring twelve feet in circeum- 
ference. A plant of these dimen- 
sions, with leaves equally enormous, 
grew in the grounds of Bromley 
Hill in the summer of 1839 5 and 
another of nearly the same size ‘grew 
in our small garden at Bayswater 
in the summer of 1840. 
Herze’rtia.—Iridee.—A beauti- 
ful bulbous plant named in honour 
of the Reverend and Honourable 
William Herbert, whose botanical 
labours are so well known. It is a 
native of Buenos Ayres, and it may 
be grown either in a pot or in the 
open air, in a sandy loam, as it only 
requires protection from severe frest 
or long-continued rains. 
Hers-Rozgert.—A kind of wild 
Geranium, very common by- the 
road-sides throughout England and 
the north of France. 
Hermi‘one.—A name given by 
Mr. Haworth to one of the gencra 
which he formed out of the genus 
Narcissus. 
Heron’s Birt.—See Ero‘pium. 
Hesprra ntua. — fridee. — The 
Evening Flower. A genus of Cape 
bulbs, nearly allied to Ixia, and re- 
quiring the same treatment. 
