170 BRECK'S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 



CONOCLINTTM. MIST-FLOWER. 



[Name derived from the conical shape of the disk, on which the florets are 

 placed.] 



Conoclinum CCelestinum. Sky-blue Conoclinum, Mist- 

 flower. A perennial; two feet high. This is the most 

 beautiful species. It grows wild, from the Potomac to the 

 Mississippi. Its flowers, produced very late in autumn, 

 are of a beautiful smalt or sky-blue. The roots of this 

 species are creeping, from which it is easily propagated. 

 It was formerly called Eupatorium ccelestinum. 



CONVALLAEJA. SOLOMON'S SEAL. 



" No flower amid the garden fairer grows 

 Than the sweet Lily of the lowly vale, 

 The queen of flowers. 1 ' 



fom allaria majalis, Lily of the Valley. An elegant 

 and delicate, sweet-scented plant, which for ages has been 

 a favorite flower, and highly prized. It succeeds well in 

 the shade in any soil, and soon spreads itself, by its slen- 

 der, creeping roots, beyond the desire of the cultivator. 

 It flowers in May and June. Gerarde describes it, in his 

 quaint way, thus : " The Lilly of the Yally hath many 

 leaves like the smallest leaves of Water Plantaine, among 

 which riseth vp a naked stalke, halfe a foot high, garnished 

 with many white floures, like bels, with blunt and turned 

 edges, of a strong savour, yet pleasant enoughf, which be- 

 ing past, there come small, red berries, much like the ber- 

 ries of asparagus, wherein the seed is contained." That, 

 which was formerly called C. racemosa, will be found un- 

 der Smilacina and C. multiflora is now Polygonatum 

 which see. 



