HARDY EXOTIC Fr.OWERTXC PLANTS. 



149 



are easily natumliseil ami vtTV lianilsDino, willi tlicii- little .spikes (if 

 flower.s of many shades of lilu(>. 



Forget-me-not, Mijosntis, — There is one exotic s^secies, M. dissi- 

 tiHora, not inferior in beauty to any of our handsomest native kinds, 

 and which is well woi'tliy of naturalisation everywhere, thriving best 

 on moist and sandy soil. 



Molopospei'miim eicutarium.^ There is a deep green and 

 fern-like beauty dis- 

 played profusely by 

 some of the Umbel- 

 liferous family, but I 

 have rarely met with 

 one so remarkably at- 

 tractive as this species 

 It is a very ornamental 

 plant, with large, 

 deeply -divided leaves 

 of a lively green colour, 

 forming a dense irregu- 

 lar bush. The tlnwers, 

 which are in.signiheant 

 and of a yellowish- 

 white colour, are borne 

 in small roundish 

 lunbels. Many of the 

 (dass, while very ele- 

 gant, perish quickly, 

 £et shabbv indeed l:>v 

 the end of June, and 

 are therefore out of 

 place in the flower 

 sarden ; but this is firm 

 in character, of a fine rich green, stout yet spreading in habit, growing 

 more than 3 feet high, and making altogether a most pleasing bush. It 

 is perfectly hardy, and easily increased by seed or division, but rare as 

 yet. It loves a deep moist soil, but will thrive in any good garden 

 soil. It is a fine subject for isolation or grouping with other hardy 

 and graceful-leaved Umbelliferous plants. 



Stock, Mafthiola. — Showy flowers, mostly fragrant, peculiarly well 

 suited for old ruins, chalk pits, stony banks, etc. Some of tlie annual 



Type of fine-leaved umbellate plants seldom grown in gardens. 



