114 FLOWER-GARDENING. 



The plants, when cultivated in a green-house, are bj'' no means 

 of rapid growth, nor are the flowers, which are white, of any 

 great beauty. 



Tussilago fragrans. A half-hardy herbaceous perennial 

 plant, by some much esteemed for its heliotrope-scented blos- 

 soms, which spring up in clusters from December to March. 



Verbena triphylla^ named in some catalogues Aloysia citri- 

 odora. A deciduous shrub, generally admired for the fragrance 

 of its leaves, which is its chief recommendation, the blossoms, 

 which are white, being small. 



Verbena^ Splendid Verbena. A tribe of plants increasing in 

 variety annually, and which already embrace every shade of 

 color, scarlet, blue, rose, lilac, white, pink, etc. Planted in the 

 flower-borders, they impart beauty and variety through the 

 summer, and cultivated in the green-house, they embellish it a 

 great part of the winter. 



Viburnum tinus, Laurustinus. A much-admired half-hardy 

 evergreen shrub, producing clusters of white blossoms from 

 January to May. There are other species very similar in habit, 

 and one with striped leaves. 



Viola, Violet. Of these beauties of the garden, some of 

 which are denominated " Florists' Flowers," there are upwards 

 of a hundred species and varieties. The early Violets are 

 highly fragrant, and the variety and beauty of the Pansy 

 tribe almost exceed description or conception. As these splen- 

 did dwarf plants decorate the green-house and flower-borders 

 from January to December, they are worthy of careful culti- 

 vation. 



Yucca aloe-folia, and its beautiful variety, variegata, are 

 desirable plants to cultivate, from their singular appearance, 

 contrasted with other plants. Their blossoms, which are 

 white, grow in spikes, but the plants do not flower much until 

 several years old. 



