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Great Britain, alboimding in rich, moist meadows, and scenting 

 the air with its perfume. 



Lohata. — The flowers of this species are a deep pink, arranged 

 in corymbs, and borne upon a tall flower stalk. They are very 

 pretty, and contrast finely with the white flowering species. 

 This is a native of the prairies of America, and is sometimes 

 called the " Queen of the Prairie." 



Palmata. — A new species introduced quite recently from 

 Japan, believed to be hardy also, but has not yet been suffi- 

 ciently tested in our cHmate to settle this point. "We have not 

 yet seen the flowers, but they are said to be of a beautifid crim- 

 son purple, and borne in broad corymbs. The bright red stems 

 and palmately lobed leaves give it a distinct appearance from the 

 older sorts, and we hope our plants will favor us with a sight of 

 the flowers during the coming season. 



Tricyrtis. — This new herbaceous flowering plant is perfectly 

 hardy in our climate. The stalk and foliage are killed by the 

 frosts, but the roots pass the winter safely, and throw up their 

 shoots the next season. The flowers, however, are produced too 

 late to make it much of an addition to the garden, for they scarce 

 make their appearance in our climate before the autumn frosts cut 

 the plants so severely as to spoil all their beauty. But if care- 

 fully potted in September, before the frosts appear, it will make 

 one of the most beautiful of late fall or early winter-blooming 

 plants for the window or green-house that we possess. 



The flowers have a very marked resemblance to some of the 

 Air-plants or Orchids. They are of a pearly white, beautifully 

 dotted with clear purple, and have a sweet perfume, much like 

 that of the Heliotrope. 



Viola. — The Violet. — There are many species of this " wee 

 modest flower" scattered with lavish profusion through every 

 land and every clime. There are many to be found growing wild 

 in favorable places in all parts of the Dominion, but although 

 they are not wanting in beauty, they have none of them the 

 sweet perfume of the European violets. Hence we seldom see 



