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BUTOMUS CIRSIUM. 



ing plant, 4 to 6 in. high. Flowers, 

 late in summer ; pale yellow with a 

 flat, purplish disk ; each flower more 

 than 2 in. in diameter. Leaves, very 

 large, alternate, broadly oval, acute, 

 twice toothed, somewhat villous un- 

 derneath ; the whole plant pubescent. 



Among hardy plants grown for 



the effect of their foliage, in rich 

 glades in woods and the rougher parts 

 of pleasure-grounds. Division. 



Butomus umoellatus (Flowering 

 Hush}. An ornamental aquatic peren- 

 nial, 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; rose-coloured, in an irregular 

 many-flowered umbel, which stands 

 erect on the top of the flower-stalk. 

 Leaves, all radical, linear, acute, tri- 

 angular, channelled, erect. There is 

 a variety with variegated leaves, but 

 it is rather tender. Europe, S. W. 



Asia, and Britain. Margins of 



lakes and streams, large fountain 

 basins, etc., in any soil. Division. 



Calla aethiopiea (African Lily). A 

 graceful and beautiful plant of the 

 Arum family, much grown as a green- 

 house and window plant, 2 to 3 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in summer and au- 

 tumn in the open air in Britain; 

 large, pure white, with orange spadix. 

 Leaves, all radical, large, arrow-shaped, 

 nearly erect, on long stalks. There 

 are two varieties, one of which has 

 the leaves spotted with white, and 

 the other with yellow. Cape of Good 



Hope. In the southern, western, 



and milder parts of England and Ire- 

 land this thrives well as an aquatic 

 plant, and would doubtless also do 

 well in rich soil in borders, as I have 

 noticed it doing in the gardens in San 

 Francisco. Division. 



Callisace daaurica (Siberian (7.) A 

 large and ornamental umbelliferous 

 plant, 8 to 10 ft. high. Flowers, late 

 in summer ; white, in umbels which 

 are frequently 2 ft. each in diameter. 

 Leaves, lower ones about 6 ft, long and 



4 ft. wide, much divided ; stem-leaves 

 reduced to a mere stalk with a large 



sheath. Siberia. Isolation on the 



turf, or in groups in the pic- 

 turesque garden, in deep rich loam. 

 I have not seen this plant, but Mr. A. 

 Perry, who saw it on the Continent, 

 informs me that it is the most im- 

 posing of herbaceous plants. Seed 

 and division. 



Chrysanthemum indicum (Common 

 C7irysanthemum) . The well - known 

 ornament of our gardens and green- 

 houses in autumn ; 3 ft. high or more. 

 Flowers, in autumn ; varying very 

 much in colour under culture, the 

 original plant having purplish-red 

 flowers with a yellow disk, in corym- 

 bose panicles. Leaves, alternate, vary- 

 ing much in shape, usually oval-heart- 

 shaped, more or less regularly incised, 

 toothed or lobed, sometimes pinnatifid. 



East Indies, China, and Japan. 



It is needless to speak of the culture 

 of this plant, so abundantly seen in 

 every greenhouse in autumn ; but as 

 an out-door ornament against walls 

 and in warm positions where it may 

 flower before being destroyed by 

 severe weather, it does not receive 

 enough of attention. The best kinds 

 are enumerated in the catalogues of 

 most nurserymen. Cuttings. 



Colchicum chionense (Chion Meadow 

 Saffron). I have not seen this species, 

 but Mr. P. Barr describes it as the 

 finest he has seen. Flowers,in autumn ; 

 like those of 0. variegatum, but hand- 

 somer, more firm in texture, and last- 

 ing longer. Leaves, small, undulated 

 at the margin, lying on the ground. 



Island of Chios. The rock-garden, 



in spots where there is a deep soil, 

 and in borders in ordinary sandy soil. 

 Separation of the bulbs. 



Cirsium Douglasii (Brilliant Thistle). 

 A handsome and showy Thistle. 

 Flowers, in summer ; purple, in sub- 

 corymbose heads scarcely rising above 



