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flowers ; some pale lilac, or rose-coloured, or 

 white. These flowers are chiefly natives of 

 North or South America. 



The shrub generally called sweet-scented 

 verbena, (^Aloysia citriodora,) does not properly 

 belong to the vervain tribe. It has panicles of 

 small pale lilac flowers, and its highly fragrant 

 leaves are well known. This is a native of South 

 America, and tolerably hardy, requiring pro- 

 tection only when the frost is very severe. 



The pea-shaped blossoms of the pink, blue, 

 Avhite, and yellow lupins, are among our prettiest 

 and well-known border flowers. They are some 

 of the oldest annuals of the British garden. 

 The yellow kind, (^Liipinus luteus,) is sweet 

 scented. 



The great tree lupin, {Liipinus arhoreus,) 

 when trained beside a wall, in a sheltered situa- 

 tion, will often grow six feet in height ; and 

 the changeable Ivipin {Lupiniis mutabilis) is a 

 handsome plant, branching like a tree, and fre- 

 quently five feet high. The white lupin, {Lu- 

 pinus albas,) is much cultivated in the Levant, 

 and called fig-bean. Our small blue lupin is a 

 native of the south of Europe, and the common 

 yellow species grows wild in Sicily. 



Among the sweet odours with which the air 

 of June is laden, there is perhaps scarcely any 

 more pleasant than that of the sweet scabious, 

 {Scahiosa atropurpvrea.) This is the dark, 

 rich mulberry-coloured flower, often called 

 musk rose, and termed by the French, fleur de 

 veuve, and scabieuse des Indes. It is au old 



