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none, glaucous, somewhat fleshy, having the 

 colour of rue in the early spring : the flowers 

 are on long axillary peduncles in close bunches, 

 small and deep yellow. It has a strong odour, 

 and is a native of Spain. 



The third is a very humble shrub, rarely grow- 

 ing more than two feet high, when planted in a 

 good soil ; but in a dry barren place, not much 

 above one foot : the stem is hard and woody, 

 from which the branches are produced on every 

 side near the ground, so as to form a low bushy 

 shrub. At the joints where the leaves arc pro- 

 duced are two ear-shaped stipules. The flowers 

 are on long slender axillary peduncles, yellow, 

 and have a strong sweet scent: it produces plenty 

 of flowers in May, making a fine appearance; 

 the seeds ripening in August. Its silvery co- 

 lour is said to be occasioned bv its growing on 

 a poor dry soil. It is a native of the island of 

 Crete. 



The fourth species seldom grows more than 

 three or four feet high, with a woody branching 

 stem : the leaflets five or seven, glaucous, wedge- 

 form, seldom obcordate, with a small reflex 

 point : the flowers bright yellow, in a roundish 

 bunch : they are remarkably fragrant during the 

 day. It is a native of the South of France. 



The fifth rises from two to six feet in height 

 (eight or nine in gardens) : the stem not very 

 straight, branched and brachiate (so weak as 

 sometimes to want support) : the leaflets three 

 or four pairs, gradually larger, almost cordate, 

 glaucous and smooth : the peduncles unabeWed, 

 with from three to five yellow flowers. Miller 

 kept this species under its old name of Emcrns, 

 dividing it into greater and less; the former being 

 common in gardens, but the latter in very few. 

 It is a native of France, flowering in April. 



Culture. — As the first four sorts, and espe- 

 cially the second, are rather tender, though they 

 will succeed in the open air in mild winters, they 

 -diould in common be potted, to be moved to 

 the shelter of a green-house, or glass frame, or 

 some place in a sheltered situation in the full 

 ground. The last sorts are hardy and elegant 

 flowering-shrubs, for the clumps and other parts 

 of extensive pleasure-grounds. 



The four first kinds may be increased by seeds 

 sown in the spring, either on a warm border, or 

 in a slender hot-bed ; but the latter is the best 

 mode, as it produces them more forward, in pots 

 cf rich earth half an inch in depth, plunging 

 them in a hot-bed when necessary. When the 

 plants are two or three inches in height, they 

 should be pricked out in separate small pots, 

 giving shade, water, and air, hardening them 

 gradually to the full air, about the middle of 

 summer, in which they may remain till autumn, 

 then removing them to the shelter of a frame 



during winter, covering them only in time of 

 frost, or very severe weather. 



The last sort, or Scorpion Sena, may be 

 raiBed plentifully both by seeds, layers, and cut- 

 tings ; the seeds being sown in March, in a bed 

 of light earth, and covered half an inch deep, 

 giving occasional waterings in dry weather. 

 When the plants have had one or two years' 

 growth, they should be removed into nursery 

 rows, and in two or three more they will be 

 large enough for planting in the shrubbery, or 

 other places. The layers of the young shoots 

 may be laid down in autumn or w inter, giving 

 them a gentle twist. When they are perfectly 

 rooted, they should be taken off, and planted 

 out as above. The cuttings of the young shoots 

 should be planted in the spring, or autumn, in 

 shady borders, giving water the following spring 

 and summer. When well rooted they should 

 be removed, as in the above methods. 



CORTUSA, a genus containing a plant of 

 the low flowering herbaceous biennial kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Peniandria 

 Monngijnkt, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Precice. •■ 



The characters are: that the calyx is a five- 

 cleft perianth, spreading, very small, perma- 

 nent: divisions lanceolate, three-toothed: the 

 corolla one-petalled, wheel-shaped : tube scarce 

 any: border flat, five-parted, ample; divisions 

 ovate, acute; throat with an elevated ring: the 

 stamina consist of five obtuse filaments; anthers 

 two-plated, oblong, erect, affixed to the out- 

 ward part: the pistillum is an ovate germ : style 

 filiform, longer than the corolla: stigma almost 

 headed : the pericarpium is an oval capsule, 

 acuminate, half-five-valved : the seeds nume- 

 rous, compressed, cornered : the receptacle is 

 columnar and free. 



The species cultivated is C. Matthioli ; Bear's 

 EarSanicle of Matthiolus. 



It sends out many oblong smooth leaves, a 

 little indented on the edges, and forming a sort 

 of head like the auricula. The peduncles come 

 out in the centre of the leaves, rise about four 

 inches high, and support an umbel of flowers, 

 each on a slender short pedicel ; they are of a 

 flesh colour, and spread open like those of the 

 auricula. It is a native of the Alps, kc. flow- 

 ering in April and May; being, according to 

 some, biennial. 



Culture. — These are plants which require some 

 trouble in preserving in the garden, as they 

 stand in need of shade and a poor sandy soil, 

 as well as frequent waterings. 



They are increased by parting the roots in the 

 beginning of autumn, in the same manner as 

 is practised for the auricula. 



These are low ornamental plants. 



