346 herbaceous plants. 



in the North : 8. splendens, stem almost simple, three or 

 four feet high, terminated by a long whorled raceme of 

 bright scarlet bracts and flowers ; leaves bright green, ovate 

 or ovate-lanceolate sometimes heart-shaped at the base. 

 An exceedingly showy, bushy plant, forming masses of 

 the most intense color. Exceptionally tine for Buinmer- 

 bedding. S. coccinea, about half as large as the preceding- 

 kind ; flowers scarlet-red in loose, distant whorls, racemose. 

 S. fulgens, flowers two inches long, scarlet, in six-flowered 

 whorls collected in long racemes. Stem branching, two or 

 three feet high. 8. patens ; leaves petiolate, deltoid or 

 cordate; stem slender, terminating in a few-flowered ra- 

 ceme; flowers intense blue, very handsome. These may 

 be propagated annually from seed in a frame or green- 

 house for summer bedding, or stored in a cool place in 

 winter. They are easy of culture, will do well in ordinary 

 garden soil in sunny positions, and are ideal bedding plants 

 for American gardens. 



Rosemary, Rosmarinus officinalis. — A sweet-scented, 

 somewhat tender herb of old cottage gardens. 



Bee Balm, Monarda didyma. — A beautiful native river- 

 side plant of the greatest ornamental value, growing about 

 two feet high, with ovate-lanceolate leaves and numerous 

 heads of bright red flowers. Exceptionally tine for plant- 

 ing by the margin of water or in moist places in a rockery. 



Wild bergamot (M. fistulosd) is of a nearly similar 

 habit, but a native of rocky woods, generally growing in 

 partial shade in rich soil. Flowers rose-colored in large 

 heads. For planting in thickets and shrubberies in dense 

 masses ; very effective. Both flower in June or July. 



