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fresh wound. The fruit here is not picked until ripe, and 

 then preserved in spirits. An annual, native of India ; a 

 climber, four feet high ; flowers yellow, in July and Au- 

 gust ; time of planting in May. 



M, charantia* — Balsam Pear. — Like the last a tender 

 annual, the same height and color of flower; growth and 

 habits the same. Both species must be supported with 

 brush four feet high. The fruit of this is pear-shaped, oth- 

 erwise somewhat similar to the first described species. 



MONARDA.— Horse Mint. 



[In honor of Monardes, a Spanish botanist of the 16th centuryj 



Monarda dldyma. — Oswego Tea. — A perennial, native 

 of North America. A well-known garden plant, three 

 feet high, with brilliant scarlet flowers ; from June to 

 August. Its familiar names are Red Balm, Crimson Balm, 

 or Bergamot. The leaves are sometimes used as a substi- 

 tute for tea. If. Jistulosa, has light-purple flowers, and 

 not so handsome as 31. didi/ma, but possess the same 

 properties. There are also many other species, which, in 

 large collections, would be interesting. 



MTJSCARI.— GrRAPE Hyacinth. 



IFrom mosckos, musk, on account of the odor of the flowers., 



Muscdri moschatum. — Grape Hyacinth. — Is a pretty, 

 hardy, bulbous-rooted plant, with dark, light-blue or 

 white flowers, having a strong smell of musk. 



M. comosiim, in a variety called monstrosym^ is the 

 Feathered Ilyacintli, a most ornamental, hardy border- 

 flower ; the bulb is large, ovate and solid ; the leaves nar- 

 row, a foot long, with obtuse points; the flower-stalks rise 



