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worthy of notice here, except for two species. E. cotlesti- 

 num has syngenesious flowers in flattened panicles, colour 

 fine light blue, blooming from September to November; de- 

 sirable for its beauty at that season. E. aromdticum may be 

 cultivated for its spicy odour; flowers white, in loose terminal 

 panicles; blooming from August to October. Either of them 

 will grow in common soil. 



Funkia, Japan Day Lily, three species, all beautiful. F 

 cceridea, with blue flowers. F. japdnica , pure white, and F. 

 variegata, with striped leaves and flowers. F. laurifolia, 

 early blue. This genus has been separated from Hemerocdllis. 



Gentidnas, a genus of very showy plants, and flower in 

 great abundance. The flowers are tubular and inflated; 

 colour generally blue. A few species are yellow, and some 

 white ; flowers in whorls, terminal or solitary. They grow 

 best in a light rich soil. G. liitea, G. purpurea, G. septem- 

 fida. G. acaulis is a pretty dwarf-growing species, the 

 flower dark and light blue ; interior of the corolla spotted ; 

 has a succession of flowers from April to June. These are 

 fine exotics, but may give place to our native species, such as 

 G. Catesbtvi ; G. ochroleuca ; G. incarndta; with several 

 others, and G. crindta, which is a biennial, and finely fringed; 

 colour light blue. 



Geum. There are only four species that are worth culti- 

 vation, namely, G. quellyon, once G. coccineum ; G. splen- 

 dens, G. Wicea, and G. hybridum. G. urhdnum is some- 

 times cultivated for its roots, which, when chewed, sweeten 

 the breath. They are all of easy culture. G. quellyon and 

 splendens flower from May to October, and are very desirable 

 plants for the borders, and much esteemed in Europe. 



Hemerocdllis, Day Lily; three species, H fulva, H. gra- 

 minea, and II Sieboldii, flower well, and are remarkable 

 among the border flowers for their large yellow or copper- 

 coloured corollas, some of them about six inches in diameter; 

 bloom from May to July, and will grow in almost any soil 

 There is a plant known in our gardens as II cceriilea, which 

 is Funkia cceriilea, and has a campanulate corolla, with a 

 cylindrical tube ; flowers in spikes ; leaves ovate, acuminate. 



Hibiscus. There are several herbaceous species very 

 fhowy and handsome, H. palustris; H. rbseus ; H. milita- 

 ris H sjiecibsus ; II. grandijlbrus ; and H. pmngens. They 

 grow best in moist situations, and where these are not to be 



