FLORA DOMESTICA. 



Asparagus- has so long been sparrow-grass, that it is now 

 often deemed sufficient to term it grass alone. Loudon, 

 in his Encyclopaedia of Gardening, lately published, has 

 strongly recommended the formation of these misnomers 

 to gardeners, as a means of enabling them to recollect the 

 true names of plants : and has given some very amusing 

 and ludicrous instances ; as cheese-monger for casumunar, 

 Majocchi for mioga. 



HYPERICUM. 



HYPERICE^E. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



French, la toute-saine [all-heal]. Italian, androsemo; erba rossa. 

 English, Tutsan, evidently a corruption of the French name ; and 

 Park-leaves, because it is often found in parks. 



THERE are a great number of Hypericums, all of easy 

 culture. The following are the most generally cultivated 

 in our gardens : 



The Warted Hypericum. 

 * The Olympian. , 



The Shining. I A1 ? the f e must be sheltered 

 The Canary. m winter. 



The Chinese. 



All these are very hardy. 



* Great-flowered Hypericum, 

 or Tutsan. 



Tall Hypericum. 



The Proliferous. 



Ascyrpn. 



Common Tutsan, or Hyperi- 

 cum. 



Those marked with an asterisk may be readily increased 

 by parting the roots, in September or October. The flowers 

 are yellow, generally in bloom from July to September ; 

 but the Chinese species will continue in blossom nearly all 

 the year. The earth should be kept moderately moist. 



