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cies of Eryngium, E.alpirium and E.amctkystinum are very orna- 

 mental ; also, the Statice, or Thrift, in particular, S. latifolia, scopa- 

 ria, tartarica, and speciosa ; 8. Fraxinella, or Dictamnus albus, is both 

 beautiful and curious ; by approaching a candle to the flower, in a 

 warm, dry and clear night in June, a slight explosion takes place, 

 from the inflammable gas it exhales; 9. Cardinal Flower, (Lobelia 

 car-dinulis,y a very elegant scarlet flowering plant, but is in u great 

 measure now supplanted by the L.fulgens, of still greater brilliancy; 

 there is also L. splendcns and L. siphilitica ; 10. Catananche cterulea, 

 flowers of a fine blue ; Canadian Columbine, (Jlquilegia canadensis,) 

 highly ornamental ; 12. Garden Wall Flower, (Ckeiranthus cheiri,) 

 when double and of a dark color, is much prized ; 13. The Red and 

 Scarlet Chelone, (C. obliqua, and bdrbata,) very late and pretty; C. 

 major, fine peach-colored flowers, the most showy of the genus ; 

 14. German Goldylocks, (Chrysocoma linosyris,) with bright yellow 

 flowers in the form of an umbel ; 15. Tritoma media, produces its 

 beautiful spikes of orange flowers in autumn ; 16. Two species of 

 Monardn; the Oswego Tea, or M. didyma. with scarlet flowers, and 

 M. fistulosa, with purple flowers ; 17. The Perennial Lupin, (Lupinus 

 pcrcnnis,) but a more showy plant is the L. nootkatensis, and L. poly- 

 phyllvs; 18. Of the Perennial Poppies, the Oriental, (Papater ori- 

 entalis,) with large, bright orange flowers; and the Welsh, (P . cam- 

 bricum, with flowers of a deep yellow, and P. bracteata, or Cauca- 

 sian ; 19. Red Valerian, (Valeriana rubra,) highly ornamental when 

 of a dark color ; there is a white variety, which forms a fine contrast. 



20. PEONIES. Belonging also to this class, several kinds of Peo- 

 ny are magnificent border plants, and in splendor not by any means 

 inferior to the Dahlia ; many of them are very superior to that in 

 point of fragrance, in which some of them equal the rose; all are 

 of the most hardy character. The most beautiful are, 1 . P. albiflora, 

 or Single White ; 2. P. Whitleji, or Chinese Double White, flow- 

 ers large, splendid, and fragrant; 3. P. albiflora fasta, or Makoya, 

 new and beautiful, with double flowers; 4. P. Reexesii, new and 

 beautiful, with large double flowers, of a light pink color; 5. P. Ro- 

 SKO, or Double Rose-colored, changing to very pale ; 6. P. Carnca, 

 or Double Flesh-colored; 7. P. Humet, or Chinese Double light 

 Crimson; 8. P. Rubra, and, 9. P. rubra termifoluL, or fennel-leaved, 

 both with deep single crimson flowers; 10. P. Rubra plena, Double 

 Crimson; and, 11. P. fragrans, or Chinese Rose-scented, with 

 superb dark crimson flowers, extremely fragrant; 12. P. Pottsii, 

 dark crimson. 



21. Smooth-leaved Bell Flower, (Campanula nitida.) very orna- 

 mental, and completely covered with blue flowers. There is a double 

 variety of this, but it is very rare. Of the numerous genus of Asters, 

 with fine blue flowers,-the Italian Starwort, (A.rfmeuus,) the Alpine, 

 (.4. alpinusj) and the A. sptctabilis ; Ragged Robin, (Lychnis fios cu- 

 culi.) beautiful when double. 23. The varieties of L. dioicia, with 

 double red and "double white flowers, are very showy; sometimes 

 called Bachelor's Buttons : 24. The Plantain-leaved Crowfoot, (Ra- 

 nunculus amplexicaulis,) pure white flowers, in April or May ; 24. 

 Garden Rocket, (Hcsperis matronalis,} double white and double pur- 

 ple ; these are excellent border flowers, being at once both showy 

 and fragrant; 25. Virginia Spiderwort, (Tradcscantia nirginica,) 

 with fine blue flowers, and with red and white flowers, blooming 



