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15. Sweed Woodruff, (Asperule, odorctta,) and patches of, 16. Double 

 Wood Anemone, (Anemone nemorosa,) and, 17. the Lily of the Val 

 ley, (Convallaria majalis ;) there is a double red flowered variety of 

 this; also the Yucca jilamentosa; the YUCCA gloriosa. and Great 

 Black Astrantia, (Astrantia Major.) 



3. BORDER FLOWERS. 



The borders for perennial flowers are seldom less thaa four or five 

 feet in breadth. One of the most ornamental tall-growing peren- 

 nials is, L Double Scarlet Lychnis, (Lychnis -chalcedonica, JL pi. ;) 

 2. Hyssop-leaved Dragon's Head, (Dracocephalum sp&ciosum,) and 

 tne Great Flowered, (D. grandiflorum,) withelegantblue flowers, and 

 D. aenticulatum ; 3. Silver-rod, or Branched Asphodel, (Asphodelus 

 ramosus,) with fine white flowers ; 4. Verbascum ferrugineum, Rusty 

 Flowered, and V^ plt&mceum, or Purple Flowered, may be admitted ; 

 together with, 5. the Fine Branched Lythrum, (L.virgatum,) which 

 is covered for three months with purple flowers ; C. two or three 

 species of Centaurea, such as C, orientalis, with yellow flowers, and 

 . Cauc&sica, with white flowers, and C. montana, with blue flowers ; 

 all hardy perennials) 7. Double Siberian Larkspur, {Delphinium 

 <datum,) flowers fine dark azure, and D. sinensis, elegant deep blue > 

 S. Phlox pyramidally and P. paniculate, P. suavcolus, P. ShepJierdi^ 

 and P. tardiflora, are handsome, showy flowers ; 9. Linear Leaved 

 Willow Herb, (Epilobium angustissimuin, and spicatum,) foliage fine, 

 and flowers large, of a beautiful purplish red; 10. Coreopsis verti- 

 cellata, and C, lancecHata, flowers fine deep yellow; 1L Of the spe- 

 cies of Speedwell, these are elegant Veronica virginiana, flowers 

 blush-colored, and with white flowers ; and V. longifolia, flowers 

 blue, white, or flesh-colored; 12. Variegated Monksnood, (Jlconitum 

 variegatum;) 13, Rudbeckia purpwrea, with large flowers; 14. Lia- 

 tris spicata deserves a place in every collection ; 15. Jlcanthus mol' 

 Us; 16. Of the fine genus Spircea, the Queen of the Meadow, S. 

 ulmaria, and Drop wort, or S. Jilipendula ; 17. Of Campanula, or 

 Bell Fiower, a hundred species have been named ; there are several 

 showy perennials, as Peach-leaved, (C.persici folia,) with single blue, 

 and single white, and with double flowers ; Nettle-leaved Bell Flow- 

 er, (C.tracheUum;) Pyramidal, or C. pyramidalis,&nd C. grandiflora. 



18. Light Loosestrife, (Lysimackus -erect*,) with showy yellow 

 flowers, may be added. 



19, DAHLIA. Belonging also to this class, the Dahlia is a noble 

 plant, a native of Mexico ; a plant but lately known amongst us, 

 rising from three to ten feet in height. It flowers profusely in au- 

 tumn, after the hardjt roses are past, and continues in flower till 

 hard frosts commence. The flowers are magnificent; they are of a 

 great variety of shades, arid surpass those of the rose and camellia 

 in size and splendor, although they fall short in fragrance. Its roots 

 are large, oblong tubers. 



4. ORNAMENTAL PLANTS OF MIDDLING SIZE. 



1. Of the species of Achillea; Sweet Maudlin, (Jl. ageratum,) 

 Sneezewort, (A. ptarinica,) with double flowers ; 2. Spring Adonis, 

 (./?. vernalis,) with large yellow flowers, in April ; 3. An elegant 

 double variety of Rose Campion, (Agrostemma coronaria ;) 4. Peren- 

 nial flax, (Linum perenne ;} 5. Round-headed Rampion, (Phyteuma 

 orfaularis;) 6. Sweet William, (Dianthus larbatus ;) 7. Of the spe- 



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