HAWKWEED. 



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HEART S-EASE. 



protecting Pinks and Carnations is, 

 by an invisible wire-fence, or "by a 

 net-work of black worsted, supported 

 at intervals by blackened wires ; but 

 the young plantations are generally 

 protected by common netting, sup- 

 ported by notched stakes. Some 

 persons sow Parsley near their Car- 

 nations, in the hope that the hares 

 will eat that in preference ; but it 

 often proves injurious, as the smell 

 of the Parsley attracts more hares 

 than would otherwise discover the 

 Carnations, and thus, the Parsley 

 being soon devoured, the Carnations 

 are destroyed. 



Hare's-ear. — See Bupleu^rum. 



Hare's-foot Fern. — Duxdllia 

 canariensis. — A very curious exotic 

 Fern, the roots of which grow out of 

 the pot, and closely resemble a hare's 

 foot. It is a native of the Canaries, 

 and should be gro"v\Ti in sand and 

 peat. 



Hart' s-tongu e. — Scolopendrium 

 officindrium. — One of the handsomest 

 of the British Ferns, from its broad 

 tongue-shaped leaves. It grows in 

 marshy places. It is called Scolo- 

 pendrium from its roots bearing some 

 resemblance to the little luminous 

 insect Scolopedra eUctrica. 



Hatchet Vetch. — Coronllla Se- 

 curiddca, now called Seciirigera 

 Coronilla. — A coarse-growing hardy 

 annual, which takes up a great deal 

 of room, from its large, rough, and 

 widely-spreading leaves and stems : 

 while it can boast of little beauty in 

 its single yellow pea-flowers. It will 

 grow in any soil or situation. 



Haulm. — The dead stalks and 

 leaves of peas, potatoes, &c. It is 

 generally gathered up, and carried to 

 the rubbish heap to rot for manure, 

 or burnt. It is also sometimes used 

 for covering the ground over the roots 

 of trees, &c., to keep out the frost. 

 - Hawkweed. -The plants properly 

 called Hawkweed belong to the genus 



Hieracium ; they have generally 

 yellow flowers, and many of them are 

 British weeds ; the yellow Hawkweed 

 of the gardens {Tolpis harbafa),a.ud 

 the red Hawkweed {BorJchausia lii- 

 bra), are howevei-, quite distinct. 

 They are both hardy annuals, which 

 only require sowing in the open bor- 

 der ; and one of which (the yellow) 

 will stand the winter in the open 

 ground without protection, if sown in 

 autumn. The red-coloured kind is 

 very apt to become dra^\■n up with 

 long slender stems, and requires 

 staking and tying to make it look 

 well. — See Cre'pis. 



Hawthorn. — Cratce'gus Oxya- 

 cdntha. — See Cratjs'gus. i 



Hazel. — Conjlus Avellana. -The ' 

 common Hazel is rather a fruit-tree ; 

 than an ornamental shrub ; but it is | 

 sometimes grown in pleasure-grounds ! 

 and geometric gardens, to form a ] 

 shady walk. AValks of this kind 

 were great favourites in the time of 

 Elizabeth, and also in the Dutch 

 gardens laid out in the time of Wil- 

 liam III. They are therefore suitable 

 in the gardens of Elizabethan houses, 

 or of any mansions built in James I.'s 

 style. They require no particxdar 

 care but planting the young trees in 

 a loamy soil, giving them, if possible, 

 a little of that rich yellow soil gene- 

 rally called hazel loam, foritspecidiar 

 adaptation to this plant, and clipping 

 and training the branches so as to 

 make the walk form one continued 

 bov.-er. 



Hearts-ease, or Pansy. — Most 

 of the different kinds now in cultiva- 

 tion have sprung partly from the 

 wild kind, Viola tricolor, hybridised 

 by some other species ; and as all the 

 kinds, whether hybrids or species, 

 vary very much when raised from 

 seeds, and as these varieties and hy- 

 brids may be readily ^roi-s-bred with 

 each other, the number of kinds that 

 may be raised defies all calculation. 



