44 A GUIDE TO FLORICULTURE, 



iRGEMONE. 



(PAPA VERBENA, OR PRICKLY POPPY.) 



This is a hardy annual, and the variety consists of not 

 more than six, whose diversity of colors are not very exten- 

 sive, being principally white and yellow, of eiect habit and 

 branching, leaves resembling the thistle. The Argemone 

 is a nativf of Mexico, flowering from July to August, pre- 

 fers a sandy loam \ the stem is about two feet, not very pre- 

 possessing in appearance, therefore not much cultivated in 

 this country , 



ASTERS. 



" Thou art like some lone brilliant star, 



Some planetary light, 

 That glitters, radiant and afar, 

 Within the depth of night." 



This is a very mimeious family of late flowering peren- 

 nials, all deserving a place in the back ground of the bor- 

 ders. The Aster best known here is a native of this coun- 

 try, called the " Missouri Aster" of an azure blue, rather 

 late in flowering, but it puts forth its lively flowers at a sea- 

 son that makes them truly welcome, cheering up the ap- 

 pearance of the garden at a season when all other flowers 



