264 GARDEN FLOWERS. 



tered-flowered) ; 18 inches; flowers blue, in May; south of 

 France; 1822. 



HARDY ANNUALS. M. arvensis alba (white corn-field) ; 6 

 inches ; flowers white, in June ; Britain. M. Australis (south- 

 ern) ; flowers blue, in June ; New South Wales ; 1824. M. Cal- 

 if arnica (Californian) ; 18 inches; flowers white, in August; 

 California; 1837. M. clavata (club-leaved); flowers blue, in 

 June ; Siberia ; 1829. M. collina (hill) ; 3 inches ; flowers blue, 

 in May ; Britain. M. commutata (changed) ; flowers blue, in 

 June ; Europe ; biennial. M. litoralis (sea-shore) ; flowers blue 

 and yellow, in April; Caspian Sea; 1836. M. peduncularis 

 (long-flowered-stalked); 18 inches; flowers blue, in June; As- 

 tracan ; 1824. M. ungulata (clawed); flowers blue, in June; 

 Siberia; 1822. 



MYRICA. Wax Myrtle. [Myricaceae.] Hardy 'deciduous 

 shrubs, thriving in any soil, and increased by seeds and 

 layers. 



M. cerifera (wax-bearing) ; 6 feet ; M. gale (sweet-gale) ; 4 

 feet ; M. latifolia (broad-leaved) ; 4 feet ; are all very ornamen- 

 tal in the shrubbery. 



