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or layers. The leaf of the Myrtle has a fine 

 Smell ; and, when the tree is in bloom it is pret- 

 ty. But, it is a gloomy looking shrub. One 

 Geranium is worth a thousand Myrtles. The 

 broad-leaved Myrtle is the best in every respect 

 and especially because it is easily brought to 

 blow. 



372. NARCISSUS. A bulbous-rooted plant, 

 managed precisely like the Hyacinth, which 

 see. It blows early, is very beautiful, and has a 

 delightful smell. Nothing is easier than the 

 propagation and management of flowers of this 

 tribe, and few are more pleasing. The Narcis- 

 sus is a very nice thing for a parlour, or a green- 

 house. 



373. PASSION-FLOWER. So called be- 

 cause the flower has a Cross in the middle, and 

 rays, resembling a glory, round the edges of it. 

 It is a singularly beautiful flower. The plant is 

 also beautiful. It is a climber, like the Honey- 

 suckle ; and, like that, has a succession of blos- 

 soms that keep it in bloom a long while. It is 

 raised from cuttings, which, treated as other 

 cuttings are, easily take root. 



374. PCEONY. A perennial that may be, 

 raised from seed or offsets. A grand flower for 

 shrubberies. Each flower is usually as big as a 

 tea-cup, and one plant will sometimes produce 

 twenty or thirty. 



375. PEA (Sweet.) There are a great varie- 

 ty in the annual sorts as to colours of blossom, 

 and, there is & perennial sort, called everlasting 

 <iea. This stands, of course, year after year,; 

 The others are sown and cultivated like the com- 

 mon garden pea. They should have some sticks 



