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WALLFLOWER. 



(CHEIRANTHUS CHEIRI.) 



44 It sheds a halo of repose 



Around the wrecks of Time; 

 To beauty give the flaunting Rose, 

 The Wallflower is sublime." 



This is truly a delightful ornamental evergreen under 

 shrub, growing about two feet high. It is found growing 

 in perfection on old walls and castles in England, bearing 

 yellow flowers from April to July. It is delightfully fragrant, 

 beyond all the perfumes of Persia. The leaves are lanceo- 

 late, entire, hairy, two parted ; pods linear ; stigmas with 

 incurved lobes. The Wallflower delights in old walls, 

 where it grows to better perfection than the florist can make 

 it by cultivation. Whoever has visited England, in the 

 spring, must be familiar with their attractions, and found them 

 irresistible, when passing the ruins of an old castle, or walls, 



" For the obedient zephyrs bear 



Her light seeds round 'yond turret's mould, 

 And, undisputed by the tempest there, 

 They rise in vegetable gold." 



yes! after withstanding the cold blasts of winter, this 

 charming flower appears, making the spring more delight- 

 ful than we could imagine it before. There are several 

 varieties of the Wallflower, and all attractive ; but the best 

 in cultivation is a semi-double, from Germany, so fragrant 

 as to ravish the senses with its fragrance ; it has a more 



