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9. DRAGON'S HEAD VIRGINIAN, Dracocephalum Virginia- 

 num. A wild plant of Pennsylvania and southward, bearing 

 spikes of light lilac tubular flowers, finely and curiously spot- 

 ted inside. Grows about two feet high, and needs care to 

 prevent it spreading itself too freely. 



10. EUPATORIUM, Blue, Eupatorium celestinum. A wild 

 plant of the South and Southwest, of a beautiful sky-blue ; 

 nearly two feet high ; increased by its roots too freely. 



11. FEVERFEW, DOUBLE, or LAFAYETTE DAISY, Pyrethrum 

 parthenium plena. A very pretty pure white flower, bloom- 

 ing freely in the green-house or garden. The old plants are 

 apt to winter-kill, but young plants from cuttings are quite 

 hardy. Common or slip cuttings root without care if planted 

 in the shade. 



12. FRAXINELLA, Red, White, Dictamnus fraxinella. A 

 peculiar and strongly fragrant plant, its smell producing in 

 some persons nervous headache. Its blossoms give out an in- 

 flammable gas. 



13. GENTIAN, FRINGED, Gentiana crinita. An upright 

 tubed flower, of an exceedingly fine pale blue, the edges being 

 delicately fringed. Found every where in the shady spots of 

 moist meadows in early fall, growing from six inches to a foot 

 high. It is one of the most beautiful of flowers. 



14. IRIS, Fleur de Lis, Purple, White, &c., Iris purpurea, 

 celestina, alba, &c. Of these there are many showy and fra- 

 grant varieties. The dwarf purple, 'Iris humilis, makes a good 

 edging for paths. Six inches to two feet high. 



15. LARKSPUR, CHINESE, &c., Delphinium Sinensis, &c. 

 The flower of the Chinese Larkspur is sometimes white, but 

 mostly of various fine shades of blue. 



The young plants bloom freely the first season, continuing 

 till quite late, and from year to year it will be found one of 

 the chief and most constant ornaments of a garden. 



The Double Chinese and Breck's Seedlings are superb vari- 

 eties of this flower. 



16. LILY OF THE VALLEY, Convallaria majalis. A low- 

 growing, small, white, bell-formed flower, of pleasant fragrance 

 and beauty. 



