XXXli GARDEN BOTANY. 



M. graudiflora, Great Laurel Magnolia of the Southern States, 

 barely hardy in the Middle States : tree with evergreen coriaceous leaves, 

 oblong or obovate, shining above, rusty beneath ; flower like that of M. glauca 

 on a much larger scale and more fragrant. 



M. COrdata. Like M. acuminata, but leaves ovate or slightly cordate, 

 darker green above ; flowers pure light yellow. 



Order BERBERIDACE^. Barberry Family. 



Manual, p. 19. — Besides Common Barberry, described p. 19, the only 

 common cultivated plant of the order is 



1. Berberis (or Mahonia) Aquifolium, of Rocky Mountains and 

 Oregon : leaves pinnate, evergreen ; leaflets spiny-toothed ; flowers in clus- 

 tered racemes in early spring ; berries blue. 



Order PAPAVERACEJE. Poppy Family. 



Manual, p. 24. — Besides three naturalized plants of the order, Poppies and 



Eschscholtzias arc common in the gardens. 



Juice of the stem yellow or saffron-colored. 



Pod short, prickly : leaves prickly and blotched : flowers yellow, 



rarely white Man. p. 25. ARGEMONE. 



Pod long and slender, smooth (flowers yellow, &c), 

 One-celled, with 2 placenta. .... Man p. 25. CHELIDONIUM. 



Two-celled by a spongy partition. . . Man. p. 26. GLAUCIUM. 



Juice of the stem white : pod partly many-celled by the several 



strongly projecting placentas 1- PAPATER. 



Juice of the stem colorless, with the odor of muriatic acid : calyx 

 like a candle-extinguisher, falling off whole : peduncle inflated 

 under the flower : pod slender, striate : stigmas slender. 2. ESCUSCIIOLTZIA. 



1. Papaver, Poppy. Man. p. 25. Cultivated for ornament, and one of 

 them lor medical use. 



P. somiliferum, Opium Poppy. Annual, smooth, glaucous; leaves 

 wavy and clasping; flowers white, purple, &c, often double; in summer. 



P. RllCBas, Corn Poppy. Annual, low, bristly ; leaves nearly pinnate ; 

 flowers scarlet, in gardens double, colors various. 



P. orientale, Oriental Poppy. Perennial, rough-hairy ; leaves almost 

 pinnate ; flowering stems tall, bearing a very large red flower, in June. 



2 EsellSCholtzia. Low annuals of California and Oregon, with finely 

 'divided leaves and showy 4-petalled flowers, produced all summer. 

 E. Californica. Petals orange-yellow ; receptacle flat-bordered. 

 E. Douglasii. Petals pure yellow (and a white variety) ; no flat border 

 to the receptacle. 



Order EUMARIACE^. Fumitory Family. 



Manual, p 26. — The only cultivated plant not in the Manual, and a very 

 handsome one, is the Chinese or Tartarean 

 1. Bicentra snectabilis. Large, with leafy stems, Peony-like leaves 



and heart-shaped, pink-red flowers an inch long, in drooping one-sided 



racemes ; blooming in spring. 



