VALERIANA, Nat. Orel. I'alerianacees. 



The Valerian is a beautiful border plant that we can recommend to all lovers of flowers for 



the hardy, perennial border. There are a good many 

 species of this genus, a few of them natives of Southern 

 countries, tender, and only suitable for green-house cul- 

 ture, but they are mostly hardy, natives of Switzerland, 

 Austria, the Pyrenees and Scotch Mountains. Nothing 

 can be more beautiful than the chalk cliffs of England 

 when covered with Valerian, as we saw them one glorious 

 July day, a few years since. The improved or garden 

 varieties are beautiful, bearing large corymbs of small 



flowers, scarlet, white and red, the plant from two to three feet in height. The Valerian will 



bear shade and moisture. 



WALLFLOWER, (Cheiranthus Cheiri,) Nat. Ord. Crucifera. 



The Wallflower resembles the Brompton Stock in appearance, habit and necessary treatment. 

 In the South of Germany, and in England, in early spring, the 

 gardens are gorgeous with Wallflowers, while the fragrance pecu- 

 liar to this flower perfumes the air. By growing plants in the 

 ground and transplanting to pots in the autumn, or better, by plac- 

 ing the young plants in pots when taken from the seed-bed, and 

 sinking the pots to the rim in earth, good plants will be secured 

 for winter flowering in the house. Give a cool room, and plenty 

 of water. By placing the pots in a pit or cold cellar, with a little 

 light the plants may be kept alive during the winter, and until time 

 to remove to the garden. For the conservatory the Wallflower is 

 desirable. While the Brompton Stocks are clear white, purple, pink, &c., all the colors of the 

 Wallflower possess more or less of yellow, the richest being deep, velvety, brownish red. 



DICTAMNUS, Nat. Orel. Rutaceat. 



The Dictamnus Fraxinella is a desirable hardy perennial with racemes of large, showy flowers 



often a foot in length. There 

 are two varieties, white and 

 pink. The fragrance of these 

 flowers is pleasant to most 

 people, being somewhat aro- 

 matic or resinous. The plant 

 i attains a height of two or three 

 feet, and the leaves being beau- 

 tiful in form and color, it is de- 

 sirable in the border for a sum- 

 mer hedge or screen, and for 

 all decorative purposes, where 

 large flowers are admissable, it 

 is very useful. Seeds germi- 



PLANT AND FLOWER. nate freely if sown either in 



the autumn or spring, and we have never known a plant injured in the winter. Plants can be 

 safely transplanted or shipped at either season. 



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