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white variety ; L.filhjens and L. Jlos-jbvis. They ought to 

 be frequently lifted and planted afresh, or they will dwindle 

 to nothing. The best time is when they begin to grow. 

 There is a plant known in our collections as Lyclinisjios- 

 cuciiU, ragged Robbin or French Pink, which is now A(jros- 

 timma flos-cuculi ; it is a fine and showy border plant with 

 double red flowers ; a double white variety of it has been re- 

 cently introduced of the same character, with the additional 

 quality of blooming the whole season. They delight in a 

 light rich soil. 



Lythrums. A few species flower well, and have small 

 pink blossoms in great profusion, L. aldium, L. virgdtmnj 

 L. diffusum, L. roseum, and L. lanceoldtum. They will 

 grow in any common garden soil if not too much shaded ; and 

 flower from June to September. 



Mimidus, JMonkey-flower. A few species may be culti- 

 vated. They will grow in any soil or situation. 31. liiteus and 

 M. rividdris are the best. 31. moschdtiis has a very strong 

 musk scent, to many agreeable. The former two have large 

 gaping flowers, of a golden yellow, and beautifully spotted 

 with purple in the interior; they all grow in moist situa- 

 tions. 



3Iondrda!i, a fine native genus, and showy. The foliage of 

 several of the species is aromatic, and resembles mint. 31. 

 dldi/ma has long scarlet ringlet flowers, in headed whorls; 

 31. kalmianaj flowers very long, and a beautiful crimson, 

 with fragrant leaves. 31. RusselUana has red and white 

 flowers; curious and handsome. 31. punctata has yellow 

 and red flowers ; they grow in any common soil. 



31atMola is the generic of the Stock-gilly. None of them 

 will survive severe winters in this latitude; yet many of 

 them are indispensable in the flower garden. 31. simpli- 

 cdulis, Brompton-stock and its varieties, with 31. mcdiia, 

 Queen-stock, and its varieties, require the protection of a 

 good frame in winter; and about the end of this month, or 

 beginning of next, plant them in good, light, rich soil to 

 flower, which they will do all summer, if attended to with 

 frequent supplies of water. 31. annua has about forty vari- 

 eties, valuable for flowering the first year from seed, and 

 are all annuals. They ought to be sown on a gentle hot-bed 

 about the first of this month, and carefully pricked out so as 

 they may be ready to transplant about the end of April or 



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