164 BBITISH PLANTS. 



tiful little plant, likewise an annual, and flowering from July to 

 October. It is smaller than the last, but not less showy. Sow the 

 seeds in dry sandy soil, and warm exposure, in the spring ; say April, 

 or beginning of May, and it will succeed well. It is somewhat remark- 

 able that foreign annuals are so much run upon, when many of our 

 own wild annuals, of exquisite beauty, are unheeded. But the tastes of 

 florists may change in this matter, as they have often done before in 

 otliers. 



CiiLORA PERFOLiATA, or Perfoliate Yellow Wort. This is like- 

 wise a lovely annual, growing in dry and gravelly places, cliiefly in 

 the middle and soutliern parts of England, and about Dublin, in 

 Ireland ; it bears bright yellow flowers in profusion tlirougliout the 

 montiis of July, August, and September. Sow the seeds about tlie 

 end of April in a dry warm border, inclining to sandy, and not very 

 rich. By no means allow manure, but what is perfectly decomposed, 

 to come near it. 



ViLLAKSiA NYMPii.KOiDES, or NymphcEa-like Villarsia. " A beauti- 

 tiful plant, easy of cultivation, and difficult to be eradicated." — Hooker. 

 It is a perennial, and has large yellow flowers, tliat are produced in 

 July and August. It will prefer a wet situation ; but the cultivator 

 need not be particular about soil. It is rare in this country, but is 

 occasionally met with in still, and slow running waters. 



Convolvulus sepium, or Great Bindweed. This large white- 

 flowered Convolvulus grows in moist woods and hedges, and flowers in 

 July and August. It is a perennial, and of easy culture. Being a 

 climbing plant, it requires to be provided with supports, in the shape of 

 sticks, or, what is better, the branch of a tree. 



EcHiuji VULGABE, or Commoti Viper s Bugloss. An exceedingly 

 showy and beautiful plant, well adapted for a herbaceous border. The 

 flower, before opening, is of a rich purple, and, when open, of a bright 

 and beautiful blue. The plant grows fron;i two to three feet Iiigh, and 

 the dense spike of brilliant blossoms often measures two feet in length. 

 It is a perennial, and grows on dry gravelly banks, old walls, &c. 

 "When cultivated, it should have a very dry border, and not very rich 

 soil. Echitim violaceum is known to florists already, and does not 

 seem to require remarks here, but its very fine spikes of rich blue 

 flowers renders it deserving a place in every flower garden. 



Myosotis alpestris. Rock Scorpion Grass, or Alpine Forget- 

 ine-not. A lovely alpine gem ; even seeming to equal in beauty, 

 although certainly not in sentimentality, that dear and sacred emblem 

 of friendship, the true Forget-me-not. It is a perennial, grows on the 

 highland mountains at a great elevation, and there flowers in July 

 and August, although it is probable that it will flower some months 

 earlier, under cultivation, in our warm gardens. It should be planted 

 in a cool shady situation, and so that it may not have more than an 

 hour's sun throughout the whole day, 



SoLANUM DULCAMARA. Woody Nightshade, or Bitter Sweet. A 

 lovely, though poisonous plant, bearing purple flowers, with yellow 

 anthers, which appear in June, July, and August. It is of easy culti- 

 vation, but prefers moisture, and a somewhat rich soil. 



Veronica cuAMiEDRYS, or Germander Speedwell, has bright 



