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cultivated in tropical climates, and has become an article 

 of commerce in all parts of the globe. When treated as 

 a pot plant, it requires a rich soil, plenty of air, and abun- 

 dance of water in their growing season, but little in the 

 winter, for if over watered at that season, it will drop its 

 leaves, and not recover before the following spring. 



There is a large family of the Orange, some edible, and 

 others cultivated more for ornament The whole tribe is 

 suitable for ladies' culture in the parlor, and when grown 

 large and difficult to manage, it would be best to part with 

 them, and recommence again with the seed. 



PHEASANT'S EYE, OK FLOS-ADONIS. 



(ADONIS AUTUMNALIS.) 



" As many drops of blood as from the wound 



Of fair Adonis trickled on the ground, 

 As many tears as Venus shed in showers ; 



Both tears and drops of blood were turned to flowers." 



This is a pretty annual for the flower garden, exhibiting 

 its blood red flowers generally from May to October. The 

 stem is branching, and grows about one foot high, and the 

 leaves are three and compound ; the flowers cup shape, 

 opening earlier or later, depending entirely upon the time 

 the seeds are sown. The flower is a particularly bright 

 red color, the pericarp reticulated. 



This plant is familiarly known in the fields in England 



