68 A GUIDE TO FLORICULTURE. 



CATCHFLY. 



(SILENE ANGELICA.) 



There are several varieties of the Catchfly, natives of Eng- 

 land. This annual flowering plant throws up a stem about 

 eighteen inches high, bearing white flowers. The petals 

 are hairy, small, and viscid, crowned, bifid ; the calyx have 

 setaceous teeth ; fruit ovate and partially reflexed. Lobel's 

 Catchfly is considered the best annual bearing a pink flow- 

 er ; both are ornamental and should be planted together, 

 as the different colors give a pleasing effect when mixed. 

 This plant generally flowers in June, but by sowing the 

 seed at different times will flower accordingly, and if sown 

 in the fall will withstand the severity of the winter, and 

 make strong plants in the spring, and flower early. When 

 the seeds are once sown in the garden they need no further 

 trouble, as they generally sow their own seeds and can be 

 transplanted to where intended to flower, being suited to 

 any kind of soil. 



COFFEE-TREE 



ARABICA.) 



This is certainly a delightful ornamental evergreen tree, 

 a native of Arabia and Abyssinia, of easy culture, and de- 



