170 SEPTEMBER. 



GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS IN FLOWER. 



Guernsey Lily, Cape Crinum, Bouvardia, Plum- 

 bago capensis, Bignonia grandiflora, Treoirana coc- 

 cinea, Streptocarpus rexii, and the greater part of 

 those enumerated in the preceding month. 



SHRUBS IN FLOWER. 



Althoea frutex, Colutea, Itea, Heaths, Helianthe- 

 mum, St. John's Wort, Chinese Privet, Chinese 

 Musk, and Quatre Saisons Roses, Arbutus, and 

 Lauristinus. 



HIBISCUS SPECIOSUS, 



OR SCARLET MALLOW. 



This splendid and showy plant, of which there 

 have been described more than seventy species, is a 

 native of our Southern States, and flourishes well in 

 the open borders of the garden as far north as Phila- 

 delphia and New- York. It grows from five to nine 

 feet in height. It flowers in August and September, 

 and continues in bloom until the appearance of frost 

 The root of this plant is perennial, and the stem 

 herbaceous ; each branch terminates in three (rarely 

 four) separate flowers, which are large, and of a rich 

 shining carmine-red, as seen by inspecting the draw- 

 ing, at the head of the spring months. It may be 

 obtained from the seed, and will flourish quite well 

 in our open gardens ; a moist soil suits it best, hence 

 in its native clime it is frequently found by the side 

 of rivers, and in other moist situations. It is abun- 

 dant in South Carolina. G. 



