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JtTNE. 



delicious fragrance ; a single plant is sufficient to 

 perfume a moderately-sized garden ! This succeeds 

 best in peat soil, and requires moisture. 



LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA. 



TULIP-TREE. 



This magnificent tree, of which the above is a cor- 

 rect drawing, is one of the most superb of the tem- 

 perate zones: equally remarkable for its great height 

 and beautiful foliage, its superb flowers, and its hand- 

 some wood, which last is used for a variety of use- 

 ful purposes, under the name of white poplar, white" 

 wood, tulip-tree wood, &c. 



The term Liriodendron is taken from two Greek 

 words, and signifies the lily-tree, from the resem- 

 blance of its flowers to those of a lily or tulip. It 

 is found throughout the forests of the 'United States 

 and is very easily cultivated. It grows from sixty 

 to one hundred feet in height, and is said to have 

 been seen one hundred and forty feet high and seven 

 feet in diameter, and is in flower during the months 

 of June and July. 



LYCHNIS. 



Of this there are many varieties, among which 

 Campions, and white flowering broad-leaved, and 

 double Catchfly, are classed. The double or scarlet 

 Lychnis (the latter called Jerusalem moss) may be 

 propagated by seed, by parting the roots, or still 

 better, by cuttings of the side shoots without flowers, 

 at the third or fourth joints, and sunk in earth half- 

 way between the second and third joint. This plant 

 will grow in almost any soil, but succeeds best in a 



