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a rich loam. In summer they need no further care 

 than any other plant, which is of a running nature ; 

 it is, therefore, one of the most desirable exotic trellis 

 plants in cultivation. In the winter they require but 

 little water, and may be kept in a pit or warm room, 

 but in their growing season they require abundance 

 of water, and the young shoots should be kept free 

 from each other, as they progress in growth; for if 

 once entangled, they will be much damaged in your 

 attempts to extricate and loosen their tender branches. 



PIMPERNEL. 



(ANAGALLIS ARVENSIS.) 



" ^ar bonny Kate bound her golden hair, 

 Yith a velvet wreath for the village fair, 

 And tripped with the grace of a gay gazelle, 

 Where blushes the delicate Pimpernel; 

 For a prophetess true is that lonely flower, 

 She warns us ever of tempest hour; 

 When the rain-cloud shadows her humble head, 

 Sho folds her petals of brilliant red, 

 And keeps her sunny heart warm within, 

 Like a fair girl shutting out grief and sin." 



This is a delightful little annual, a native of Europe, 

 wnose flowers appear to be as sensitive to the changes of 

 *he weather as the barometer. It is often called the 

 " Shepherd's Weather Glass." The leaves are ovate, 



