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none, glaucouP, somewhat fleshy, having the 

 colour of rue in the carlv spring : the flowers 

 are on lonsr ;ixillar\' peduncles in close bunches, 

 small and deep vellow. It has a strong odour, 

 and is a native of Spain. 



The third is a very humble shrub, rarely grow- 

 ing more than tw'o feet high, when planted in a 

 good soil ; but in a dry barren place, not much 

 above one foot : the stem is liard and woody, 

 from which the branches arc produced on every 

 side near the trround, so as to form a low bushy 

 shnib. At the joints where the leaves are pro- 

 duced are two ear-shaped stipules. The flowers 

 are on long slender axillary peduncles, yellow, 

 and have a strong sweet scent: it produces plenty 

 of flowers in May, making a fine appearance; 

 the seeds ripening in August. Its silvery co- 

 lour is said to be occasioned by its growing on 

 a poor drv soil. It is a native of the island of 

 Crete. 



The fourth species seldom grows more than 

 three or four feet high, with a woody branching- 

 stem : the leaflets five or seven, glaucous, wedge- 

 form, seldom obcordatc, with a small reflex 

 point : the flowers bright yellow, in a roundish 

 bunch : they are remarkably fragrant during the 

 dav. It is a native of the South of France. 



The fifth rises from two to six feet in heisrht 

 (eight or nine in gardens) : the stem not very 

 straight, branched and brachiate (so weak as 

 sometimes to want support) : the leaflets three 

 or four pairs, gradually larger, almost cordate, 

 glaucous and smooth : the peduncles unibelled, 

 with from three to five yellow flowers. INlillcr 

 kept this species under its old name of Evurns, 

 jlividing itinto greater and less; the former being 

 common in gardens, but the latter in very few. 

 It is a native of France, flowering in April. 



Culliire. — As the first four sorts, and espe- 

 cially the second, are rather tender, thouirh they 

 will succeed in the open air in mild winters, they 

 should in common be potted, to be moved to 

 the shelter of a green-house, or glass frame, or 

 some place in a sheltered situation In the full 

 ground. The last sorts are hardy and elegant 

 flowcring-shmbs, for the clumps and other parts 

 of extensive pleasure-grounds. 



The four first kinds may be increased by seeds 

 sown in the spring, eitlier on a warm border, or 

 in a slender hot-bed ; but the latter is the best 

 mode, as it produces them more forward, in pots 

 of rich earth half an inch in depth, plunging 

 them in a hot-bed when necessary. When the 

 plants are two or three inches in height, they 

 should be pricked out in separate small pots, 

 giving shade, water, and air, hardening them 

 gradually to the full air, about the nnddle of 

 sunnner, in which they may remain till autumn, 

 then removing them to the shelter of a frame 



during winter, covering them only in time of 

 frost, or very severe weather. 



The last sort, or Scorpion Sena, mav be 

 raised plentifully both bv seeds, layers, and cut- 

 lings ; the seeds being sown in March, in a bed 

 of light earth, and covered half an inch deep, 

 giving occasional waterings in dry weather. 

 When the plants have had one or two years' 

 growth, they should be removed into nursery 

 rows, and in two or three more they will be 

 large enough for planting in the shrubbery, or 

 other places. The layers of the young shoots 

 may be laid down in autumn or w inter, givincr 

 them a gentle twist. When they are perfectly 

 rooted, they should he taken off, and planted 

 out as above. The cuttings of the young shoots 

 should be planted in the spring, or autumn, in 

 sliady borders, giving water the following spring 

 and summer. When \\ell rooted they should 

 be removed, as in the above methods. 



CORTUSA, a genus containing a plant of 

 the low flowering herbaceous biennial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentandria 

 Monogijn'm, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Precice. 



The characters are: that the cal\x is a five- 

 cleft perianth, spreading, very small, perma- 

 nent: divisions lanceolate, three-toothed: the 

 corolla one-petalled, wheel-shaped : tube scarce 

 any: border flat, five-parted, ample; divisions 

 ovate, acute ; throat with an elevated ring : the 

 stamina consist of five obtuse filaments; anthers- 

 two-plated, oblong, erect, afiixed to the out- 

 ward part: the pistillum is an ovate germ : style 

 filiform, longer than the corolla: stigma almost 

 headed : the pericarpnun is an oval capsule, 

 acuminate, half- five- valved : the seeds nume- 

 rous, compressed, cornered : the receptacle is 

 columnar and free. 



The species cultivated is C. ]\Ial thiol! ; Bear's 

 Ear Sanicle of Matlhiolus. 



It sends out many oblong smooth leaves, a 

 little indented on the edges, and forming a sort 

 of head like the auricula. The peduncles come 

 out in the centre of the leaves, rise about four 

 inches high, and support an umbel of flowers, 

 each on a slender short ptedicel ; they are of a 

 flesh colour, and spread open like those of the 

 auricula. It is a native of the Alps, kc. flow- 

 ering in April and May ; being, according to 

 some, biennial. 



Ci/llure. — These are plants which require some 

 trouble in preserving in the garden, as they 

 stand in need of shade and a poor sandy soil, 

 as well as frequent waterings. 



'iliey are increased bv parting the roots in the 

 beginning of autunm, in the same manner a* 

 is jiractised for the auricula. 



These are low ornamental plants. 



