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from August to October, or till severe frosts later in the 

 season. Plants may be had at most green-houses, at 

 small expense, which, put out in the border with a little 

 frame to which to attach their twining leaf-stalks, will be 

 loaded with its rich purple, white, rose, etc., foxglove- 

 shaped flowers, every day, through the season. There 

 are a number of other varieties, all handsome. The plants 

 will grow from five to ten feet high. 



MEDICAGO. MEDICK. 



[A name applied to Lucerne, because it came from Greece to Media.] 



The Lucerne, Medicago sativa, is cultivated as a forage 

 plant. M. lupulina, or Nonsuch, is not rare as a weed, 

 and a few are cultivated on account of the curious forms 

 of their curved seed-pods. The flowers are not showy. 

 Those enumerated here are annuals of easy culture. 



McdicagO SCUtellata. Snails. The seed-pod is neatly 

 curled so as to resemble a small snail. 



M. cirdiuita, Caterpillar. Has its pod clothed with 

 short stiff hairs, and it appears very much like a green 

 caterpillar. M. intertexta, having the pod covered with 

 spines, is called Hedgehog. The pods of these are some- 

 times placed in dishes of salad to cause, surprise to those 

 who are unacquainted with them. 



MENTZELIA. 



[Named in honor of Mentzel, a botanist of Bradenburgh.] 



Mentzllia Lindleyana, This is generally and incor- 

 rectly called Bartonia aurea in the catalogues. The name 

 Bartonia, in honor of the late Doct. B. S. Barton, of Phil- 

 adelphia, properly belongs to a small native annual of 



