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most suited to their healthy growth. The last sort requires protection 

 in the house with other C;ipe bulbs. 



By planting them in the different aspects mentioned, a longer 

 succcesion of flowers may be produced. 



They are very ornamental in the fronts of the borders, or the 

 sides of the lawns, and other parts near the house. 



3. LYSIMACHIA NUMMULARIA, 



CREEPING MONEYWORT. 



THIS genus contains plants of the hardy herbaceous biennia-1 

 and perennial kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Pentandria Monogynia, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Hotacetz. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a five-parted pcrianthium, 

 acute, erect, permanent: the corolla one-petalled, wheel-shaped: 

 tube none: border five-parted, flat: divisions ovate-oblong: the 

 stamina have five awl-shaped filaments, opposite to the divisions of 

 the corolla: anthers acuminate: the pistillum is a roundish germ: 

 style filiform, the length of the stamens: stigma obtuse: the pericar- 

 pium is a globular capsule, mucronate, one-celled, ten-valvcd (five- 

 valved): the seeds very many, and angular: the receptacle globular, 

 very large, dotted, (free.) 



The species cultivated are: 1. L. Ephemerum, Willow-leaved 

 Loose-strife; 2. L. dubia, Purple-flowered Loose-strife; 3. L. stricta, 

 Upright Loose-strife. 



The first has a perennial root: the stems several, upright, more 

 than three feet high: the leaves narrrow, smooth, and at the base of 

 these come out short side branches, with smaller leaves of the same 

 shape: the flowers are produced in a long close upright spike, at the 



