MAY. IOT 



abundantly. Of the tremendously large family of 

 the Me-sem-bry-an-the-mum,* the Ice Plant is the 

 greatest favorite. 



MARVEL OF PERU. 



This plant, a native of Peru, (Mirabilis jalapa f ) 

 attains great size, if grown in deep and rich earth ; 

 it is sown in a border, as it becomes too tall for the 

 flower-bed. It must have abundant room wherever 

 it is placed, as it causes considerable shade. In order 

 to see its varied flowers in perfection, the amateur 

 florist must be a pretty early riser. Cobbett says, 

 that by housing the root in winter, it may be made 

 a perennial. The Marvel of Peru grows about 

 two feet ; it is bushy, and full of pink and striped 

 flowers. If the roots be preserved and treated 

 Jike those of the Dahlia, it will be very ornamental 

 through the summer, nor does it close even in the 

 evening, for which reason the French call it la belk 

 de nuit. One species of it, the long-tubed, is very 

 fragrant. 



STOCKGILLIFLOWER. 

 " Fair is the Gilliflower of gardens sweet" 



Of this rich and beautiful flower there are many 

 varieties, but the purple or red stock, (Mathiola pur- 

 purea,) and the scarlet, (Mathiola coccinea,) and 

 Brompton, and Twickenham, are the finest; they 

 begin to blossom this month, and sometimes exhibit a 



* There are three hundred kinds. 



