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of May, remaining in perfection full three weeks. Its fruit 

 is not so much an object of admiration as the blossoms. 



It is increased readily by cuttings, and requiring no par- 

 ticular management, except that it should be planted in a 

 dry situation, and not in peat soil, as it is apt to die in 

 swampy places. It is not inferior in beauty to any plant 

 yet in cultivation. It may be seen in the garden at Chis- 

 wick. 



488. VACCINIUM OVATUM. Ovate-leaved Bilberry. 

 Class 8th or 10th. Octandria or Decandria Monogynia. 



This is a hardy handsome evergreen shrub, flowering in 

 March and April. In two years it becomes a bush at least 

 two feet high, bearing a vast quantity of pink flowers. It 

 is propagated by layers, like the rest of the genus. It af- 

 fects shade : but while it is much injured by exposure to 

 the full rays of the sun, it suffers equally from a total ab- 

 sence of direct solar light, so that it will not thrive under a 

 north wall. 



It is a native of the North-west of America. 



489. SALVIA FULGENS. The Cardinal Sage. 



Class 2nd. Diandria Monogynia. 



This splendid herbaceous plant may be seen in July (at 

 which season it flowers) in the garden of the Horticultural 

 Society. It grows about 3 feet high, and strikes freely 

 from cuttings. This species displays its nodding heads of 

 dazzling scarlet in all their native beauty. On this account 

 the cardinal sage may be expected to prove a most valuable 

 addition to our early autumnal flowers ; for if it succeeds 

 so well in a summer almost unparalleled for cold, wet, and 

 gloom, what may not be hoped from it in a more genial 



