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15. Sweed Woodruff, (Asperula odorata,) and patches of, 16. Double 

 Wood Anemone, (Anemone ne.morosa,) and, 17. the Lily of the Val 

 ley, (Canvallaria majalis ;) there is a double red flowered variety of 

 this ; also the Yucca jilainentosa ; the Yucca, gloriosa, and Great 

 Black Astrantia, (.Istrantia Major.) 



3. BORDER FLOWERS. 



The borders for perennial flowers are seldom less than four or five 

 feet in breadth. One of the most ornamental tall-growing peren- 

 nials is, 1. Double Scarlet Lychnis, (Lychnis clialcedonica, fl. pi. ;) 

 2. Hyssop-leaved Dragon's Head, (Dracocephalum speciosum,) and 

 the Great Flowered, (D . grandiflorum,) with elegant blue flowers, and 

 D. at'.ntifu.latutii; 3. Silver-rod, or Branched Asphodel, (Aspkodelus 

 ramosus,) with fine white flowers; 4. Verbascum ferrugineum, Rusty 

 Flowered, and V. phceniceum, or Purple Flowered, may be admitted ; 

 together with, 5. the Fine Branched Lythrum, (L.virgatum,) which 

 is covered for three months with purple flowers ; 6. two or three 

 species of Centaurea, such as C. orientalis, with yellow flowers, and 

 C. Caucasica, with white flowers, and C. montana, with blue flowers ; 

 all hardy perennials ; 7. Double Siberian Larkspur, (Delphinium 

 elntum,) flowers fine dark azure, and D. sinensis, elegant deep blue ; 

 8. Phlox pyramidalis and P. paniculate, P. suaveolus, P. Shepherdi, 

 and P. tardiflora, are handsome, showy flowers ; 9. Linear Leaved 

 Willow Herb, (Epilobium angustissimum, and sjricatum,) foliage fine, 

 and flowers large, of a beautiful purplish red ; 10. Coreopsis verti- 

 eellata, and C. lanceolata, flowers fine deep yellow; 11. Of the spe- 

 cies of Speedwell, these are elegant Veronica virginiana, flowers 

 blush-colored, and with white flowers ; and V. longifolia, flowers 

 blue, white, or flesh-colored ; 12. Variegated Monkshood, (AconUum 

 Tariegatum ;) 13. Rudbeckia purpurea, with large flowers; 14. Lia- 

 tris spicata deserves a place in every collection ; 15. Acanthus mol- 

 lis; 16. Of the fine genus Spirtea, the Queen of the Meadow, S. 

 ulmaria, and Dropwort, or S. filipendula ; 17. Of Campanula, or 

 Bell Flower, a hundred species have been named; there are several 

 showy perennials, as Peach-leaved, (C.persicifolia,) with single blue, 

 and single white, and with double flowers ; Nettle-leaved Bell Flow- 

 er, (C. trachelium;) Pyramidal, or C. pyramidalis, and C. grandiflora. 



18. Light Loosestrife, (Lysimachus erecta,) with showy yellow 

 flowers, may be added. 



19. DAHLIA. Belonging also to this class, the Dahlia is a noble 

 plant, a native of Mexico ; a plant but lately known amongst us, 

 rising from three to ten feet in height. It flowers profusely in au- 

 tumn, after the hardy roses are past, and continues in flower till 

 hard frosts commence. The flowers are magnificent; they are of a 

 great variety of shades, and surpass those of the rose and camellia 

 m size and splendor, although they fall short in fragrance. Its roots 

 are large, oblong tubers. 



4. ORNAMENTAL PLANTS OF MIDDLING SIZE. 



1. Of the species of Achillea; Sweet Maudlin, (A. ageratum,) 

 Sneezewort, (A. ptarmica,) with double flowers ; 2. Spring Adonis, 

 (A. vernalis,) with large yellow flowers, in April ; 3. An elegant 

 double variety of Rose Campion, (Agrostemma coronaria ;) 4. Peren- 

 nial flax, (Linum perenne ;) 5. Round-headed Rampion, (Phyteuma 

 orbicularis ;) 6. Sweet William, (Dianthus barbatus ;) 7. Ofthespe- 

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