156 AUGUST, 



PRINCIPAL HERBACEOUS PLANTS IN FLOWER, 



Carnations, Tiger Lily, Liatris, Orange Asclepia, 

 Campanula, Baptisia australis, Chelone, Perennial 

 Sunflower, Monarda, Blue Day Lily, Phlox, Dragon 

 Head, Lobelia, Epilobium, &c. &c. 



PRINCIPAL GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS IN FLOWER. 



Aloes, Erythrina, Tuberose, Cactus speciosus, 

 Cereus speciosissirnus, Crassula, Hoya, Double Al- 

 thoea frutex, Fuchsia microphylla, Calceorarius, 

 Streptocarpus, Azalea, Trivei'ranea coccinea, Blood 

 Flower, Atamasco Lily, Erythrina, &c. (all within 

 doors ;) Lobus, Salvia, Heaths, &c. (in the open air.) 



SHRUBS. 



Yucca gloriosa, Clethra, Andromeda, Itea, Ca- 

 nopus, Sumach, Japan and Chinese Roses, Ever- 

 green and Scarlet Honeysuckles, &c. 



Observations on some of the Plants mentioned in this 

 Month. 



CARNATIONS. 



"They postpone the opening of their odoriferous treasures till 

 they are under no more apprehensions of having their spicy cells 

 rifled by rude blasts, or drowned in incessant showers." 



CRITERION OF A GOOD CARNATION. 



A fine Carnation should have the stem of suffi- 

 cient stability to support its blossom without droop- 



