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fusion, in thick clumps : the foliage is coarse and unsightly, 

 but the blossom is magnificent : it is not, however, easy to 

 gather a sprig with impunity, the flowers being almost 

 covered with bees, 



" Flying solicitous from flower to flower, 

 Tasting each sweet that dwells 

 Within their scented bells." 



WIFFEN'S GARCILASSO. 



VIRGINIA COWSLIP. 



DODECATHEON MEADIA. 



PRIMULACE^. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



French, gyroselle de Virginie. 



THIS is a perennial plant, with purple flowers, or in- 

 clining to the colour of the peach blossom. It is very 

 ornamental when in flower, which is in April and May. 



This plant is more impatient of heat than of cold : it will 

 endure our most severe winters; but two or three days' 

 exposure to a hot sun will entirely destroy the young plants. 

 It may be increased by offsets from the roots, which should 

 be taken off, and transplanted in August, after the leaves 

 and stalks have decayed, that they may have time to gain 

 strength before the frost comes on. 



WALLFLOWER. 



CHEIRANTHUS. 



CRUCIFERJE. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQU08A. 



French, giroflier jaune ; violier jaune [both signifying yellow 

 stock] ; le baton d'or [gold stick] ; la ravanelle ; le rameau d'or [golden 

 branch]; le garranier jaune. Italian, viola [stock]; viola gialla 

 [yellow stock] ; cheiri. 



THE Wallflowers are, in fact, Stocks ; since they not 

 only belong to the same genus, but are properly named 



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