148 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A vcr}' beautiful plant is the Zauschveria Californlca, which 

 grows over a foot high, and bears niinierous red flowers. 



The genus Aj-nica is quite interesting, and among the several 

 species we find alpina,foliosa, longifolia, amplexicanlis, and Chaviis- 

 sonis; all with large bright yellow flowers. 



Campanula divarkata is very pretty with its innumerable blue 

 flowers. 



The Dodecatheon, or Shooting Star, is a beautiful plant ; the 

 only species is D. 3Ieadia, with several varieties. It grows a foot 

 high, and produces umbels of showy flowers varying from pure 

 white to the darkest purple. 



The Marshallia is a genus of four species, ccespitosa, latifolia, 

 lanceolata., and angustifolia, all of dwarf habit, and producing white 

 or rose-colored heads of flowers not unlike those of a Scabiosa. 



Quite a valuable plant is the Spigelia Marilandica^ growing over 

 a foot in height, and bearing large red and yellow flowers in the 

 earl}' summer. 



Polemonium humile, more known under the name of P. Richard- 

 sonii, is a very pretty plant with numerous blue flowers in large 

 spikes. 



Hydrophylhim copitatinn is prett}- on account of its heads of 

 lilac flowers. 



Phlox Stellaria is a showy and floriferous plaut with light rosy 

 flowers. 



The delicate genus Primula, or Primrose, is represented by sever- 

 al very neat species. P. Mistissinica grows only four mches high, 

 and has rose colored flowers. P. farinosa is a stronger grower, 

 and has flowers of the same color but larger. P. suffrutesce7is has 

 somewhat woody stems, and .thick, whitish leaves. The flowers 

 are larger, and of beautiful purple color. The best species is P. 

 Parry i ; it has large tliick leaves, and the stem bears several large 

 flowers which are crimson with bright }cllow eyes, thus making it 

 very striking. 



Iris verna and I. cristata arc two beautiful plants. 



Not less valuable is the closely allied ^isyrinchium yrandijloi'iim, 

 usually with dark purple flowers, but a pure white variety of this 

 is sometimes found. 



A very delicate plant is Eritrichium narium, with a profusion of 

 sky-blue flowers. 



Cedronella carta has scented foliage, and spikes of purple flowers. 



