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HARDY PERENNIALS. 



( Continued from page 29. J 



"We have now to notice an Order which, in heauty, extent, and utility, is second to 

 no other in the Vegetahle Kingdom — we mean the Leguminacese, from which it 

 would he an easy matter to select hundreds of hardy ornamental subjects. It will 

 suffice to name the genera, Lupinus, Lathyrus, Orobus, Baptisia, Podalyria, Galega, 

 Hedysarum, Psoralea, and Astragalus. These all include many ornamental species of 

 the easiest cultivation in almost any soil. 



Although scarcely to be classed with hardy subjects, we cannot refrain from 

 calling the attention of our readers to two splendid plants belonging to this order ; 

 Erythrina crista-galli, or coral-tree, and the Glory Pea, Clianthus puniceus, both of 

 which may be grown in the open air, with a little protection in winter. The 

 Erythrina is herbaceous, dying down to the ground every autumn, and the roots 

 can therefore be easily covered with a large pot filled "with some non-conducting 

 material such as hay or straw. The Clianthus is shrubby, and succeeds best 

 against a wall, where it may be conveniently matted up in severe weather, and 

 will be less liable to the attacks of the red spider than when grown in the 

 greenhouse. 



The Order Rosacea is no way inferior in beauty or importance to the preceding, 

 although it contains a much smaller number of herbaceous perennials. Of the 

 Rose, the type and Queen of the Order, we need say nothing in this place, as 

 the subject is of too much importance to be merely glanced at. More to our 

 present purpose is the herbaceous section of the gems Spirma, which comprises some 

 very interesting plants. 8. aricefolia is an extremely elegant species, and also 

 the double flowing varieties of Filipendula, and ulmaria, two British plants ; lolata, 

 Aruncus, palmata, and venusta, are equally desirable. 



Two species of Sieversia, tnontana and repens, are pretty plants ; they are both 

 dwarf, with bright yellow blossoms, Of the Potentillas and Geums we have 

 already spoken in the present number, and any further reference to them is there- 

 fore unnecessary. 



In the Onagracece, or Evening-primrose tribe, we have some very showy hardy 

 plants. Not to speak of the elegant Fuschias, some species of which, however, we 

 may fairly claim as nearly hardy subjects, and which wo aid alone invest this order 

 with remarkable interest, we would point out the various species of Oenothera, 

 with their large white or yellow flowers produced for several months of the year; 

 flu equally interesting but far loss common G auras ; and the recently introduced 



