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Lemon Verbena (Aloysia citriodora) is largely grown for 

 the fragrance of the leaves, which are indispensable as a 

 " green " in summer bouquets. The plant is deciduous, 

 (losing its leaves in winter), and may be kept under the 

 stage of the green-house, or in the cellar during winter. 

 The Lemon Verbena makes a highly ornamental plant 

 when grown like a standard Rose, that is, by allowing 

 only one shoot to grow to a height of five or six feet, then 

 permitting it to branch out at the top. 



LantanaSi These require more heat, to keep them in 

 good condition during the winter, than do most bedding 

 plants, and for this reason are not so common as many 

 others less worthy of cultivation. The colors are 

 orange, yellow, pink, scarlet, crimson, and white, blend- 

 ing and changing to a remarkable degree. Often 

 different flowers growing on the same plant will be 

 entirely unlike. Plants from cuttings set out in May or 

 June attain a diameter of four or five feet by fall, bloom- 

 ing profusely throughout the entire summer and fall 

 months. 



Lobelia gracilis, and its varieties, are all low-growing 

 plants, mostly with blue and white flowers, though some of 

 the varieties of later date are lilac or rose color. They 

 are admirably adapted for the front lines of " ribbon bord- 

 ers," and for hanging baskets or vases ; they bloom pro- 

 fusely from June to November, and may be easily kept 

 as parlor plants, if desired. 



MimulllS luteus (or Monkey Flower) comprises numer- 

 ous varieties, with white, sulphur, and yellow grounds, 

 beautifully spotted with crimson, scarlet, pink, &c. They 

 luxuriate in damp, shady situations, and bloom profusely 

 during the early summer months. A double variety, call- 

 ed Hose-upon-hose, is a very remarkable sort. 



MimulllS moschatus (Musk Plant), is grown for ita 

 odor of musk, which the leaves have in a marked degree. 

 Flowers yellow. 



