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and the brightness of its fine blue tints when fully eN[>aucli'd, render it particu- 

 larly attractive. Iti seeds are singularly bard, glossy, and grey, like polished 

 marble. It grows in mountainous and woody pastures in England ; rare. Li- 

 thospermum from the Greek lithos, a stone; and sperina, a seed ; hardness of 

 the seeds. 



2. Tetraijonihhus siliqiinsiis, square podded, winged pea. Diadelphia, De- 

 candria. Leguminosea;. A nati\e of south Europe, perennial; introduced 

 in 1683; flowers in .Tuly and August, colour yellow. Plant it in a dry situa- 

 tion ; divide in spring only, when it begins to vegetate; sow seeds in April, 

 in rich soil, and a warm situation, 'fetragonolobus four, gouia, angle, lobos, 

 pod. Siliquosus, alludes to the seed vessel forming a siliqua, that is, a long 

 dry pod. 



3. Gazania r\gens, rigid gazania. Syngenesia, Frustranea. Composita?. 

 A native of the Cape of Good Hope; perennial, introduced in 1755; height 

 six inches; flowers from June to August; colour orange. Whilst in flower, 

 slip off some of the offsets from its undermost parts. Plant them under a 

 hand-glass, in a cool border, or in preference, on a hot bed. When rooted, 

 pot them in sandy compost, protect in a cold frame during winter, and turn 

 into the borders in May. In the direct rays of the sun its delightfully bril- 

 liant golden flowers shine most conspicuously. Gazania, from Gaza, riches ; 

 splendour of flowers. Rigens, from the Latin, hard or stitfj intended to mark 

 the rigidity of its foliage. 



4. Nierenibergia phcenicea, (see plate 8, and page 144.) 



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1. Hesperis tristis, sad flowered, Tetradynamia, Siliqnosa. Crucifera?. 

 This plant is a native of Gennuny and Switzerland. It will grow in any good 

 garden soil either in a pot or border. Colour : yellow, with bufl" stripes. 

 Culture : it is necessary to raise it from seeds, as it requires renewing often. 

 Hesperis, from Hesperos, evening ; the flowers being more fragrant at that 

 time. 



2. Hyacinthtis amethijstinus, amethyst-coloiired, Hexandria, Monogynia. 

 Asphodeleae. This pleasing little plant is a native of the South of Europe; 

 flowers in April and May. Colour : light blue. It should be potted in sandy 

 loam, and may be increased occasionally by offsets. Hyacinthus, a boy killed 

 by Ze])hyrus. 



3. Chorizema spariio\des, Decandria, Monogynia. Leguminosae. A native 

 of New Holland. Messrs. Loddiges's raised it from seeds in 1832, and it 

 flowered in abundance the following spring. The plants were not more than 

 two or three inches high. The flowers are large, and splendid in colour. 

 Colour: the standard is yellow, and the wings are a fine pink. It should be 

 potted in sandy peat earth, and kept in the greenhouse; it will probably, like 

 others of the same genus, strike by cuttings, t^horizema, from Choros, dance ; 

 zema, drink. 



4. EUchrijswn filiformc, Syngenesia, Superflua. Compositre. This is a 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope ; flowers in May. Colour : white. It may 

 be propagated by cuttings freely, and should be potted in sandy peat earth, 

 and preserved in an airy greenhouse. Elichrysum, from Helios, sun; gold 

 blossoms. 



Orchus aureus, golden flowered. Diadelphia, Decandria. Leguminosac. 

 A native of the northern parts of Europe; it flowers in abundance iu May. 

 Colour: buff. The root may sometimes be separated for increase, although 

 seeds arc by far the more preferable way : it is quite hardy, and « ill grow in 

 any good garden soil. Orobus, from Oro, to excite; bous, an ox ; nourishing 

 food. 



6. Cnlllrya lahialn, dark lipped. Gynandria, Monandria. Orchiderr. This 

 superb plant is a native of Brazil, w here it was first discovered and sent home 



