SO FLORA DOMESTICA. 



ANTHYLLIS. 



LEGUMINOS^E. DIADELPHIA BECANDRIA. 



Kidney- vetch ; ladies-finger; Jupiter's beard ; silver bush. Lamb- 

 toe. The name Anthyllis is derived from the Greek, and signifies a 

 downy-flower; from the down on its leaves. French, barbe de Ju- 

 piter [Jupiter's beard] . Italian, barba di Giove, signifying the same. 



THE Silvery Anthyllis, which is the only species necessary 

 to mention here, is so called from the whiteness of its leaves : 

 it is a handsome shrub, bearing yellow flowers which blow 

 in June. This Anthyllis is a native of France, Spain, Italy, 

 Portugal, and the East. It must be sheltered in winter ; 

 but the more air it enjoys in mild weather, the better it will 

 thrive : in dry weather it should be gently watered every 

 evening ; in winter once a week will suffice. 



Cuttings planted in any of the summer months in a pot 

 of light earth, and placed in the shade, will take root, and 

 may then be treated in every respect as the older plants. 



Linnaeus observes of the common Anthyllis, that the 

 colour of the flowers varies with that of the soil : in Poland, 

 where the soil is a red calcareous clay, the flowers are red : 

 in Gothland, where the soil is white, the flowers are the 

 same : here they are yellow. 



"The yellow lamb toe I have often got, 



Sweet creeping o'er the banks in sunny time." 



CLARE, vol. ii. p. 198. 



ANTIRRHINUM. 



PERSONEJE. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Toad-flax ; snap-dragon ; from the resemblance of its flowers to an 

 open mouth. French, mufle de veau. Italian, antirrino; Bocca di 

 Leone. 



THESE flowers are many of them large and handsome, 

 but some persons consider them coarse; which, indeed, 



