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so, are the most beautiful, whereas those again whose petals are the 

 least showy, diffuse towards the evening and during the night, a 

 most powerful perfume ; this is particularly the case with such as 

 have white petals spotted with red. The almost innumerable 

 varieties now produced in England have originated by hybridiza- 

 tion, and to enumerate them all here is unnecessary. "The flowers of 

 all the kinds are borne in umbels on a peduncle, which in the stem- 

 less kinds arises from the centre of the source of the leaves, and 

 in the shrubby kinds from the axil of almost all of the upper leaves. 

 The number of the flowers borne in an umbel is various in differ- 

 ent kinds, and greatest in those of the horse-leafed group." The 

 commonest sorts cultivated in gardens are the deep scarlet, light, 

 pink, and ivy leafed. The latter has a strong perfume, and scents 

 the fingers if only slightly touched. The ordinary mode of pro- 

 pagation is by cuttings and seeds. Almost all the varieties pro- 

 duce seed, which will immediately grow if sown, and should be 

 transplanted as soon as two or three perfect leaves are formed. 

 The cuttings grow most readily, and should be taken off at the joints 

 when the wood is assuming a brown appearance, and beginning to 

 ripen. The fibrous rooted herbaceous sorts may be multiplied by 

 dividing the roots. As all the species are rapid growers, they re- 

 quire pruning, and to be occasionally changed into fresh pots. 

 They require a light rich soil of loam, and old well rotted stable 

 manure, or elsfe leaf, mould and sand ; the cuttings when put down 

 must be removed for a time to a shady spot, and the earth kept 

 continually moist. I must particularly caution against cutting the 

 plants during the rains, as the whole plant suffers by the ends of 

 the shoots decaying ; neither should they be exposed during the 

 hot winds, especially the soft velvet-leafed varieties. 



Eryngium Umbelliferce, Eryngium Giganteum. This is an 

 extensive genus of plants, some of which are ornamental and well 

 adapted for the flower border, the colours are blue, light blue, 

 white, light white, and green, they thrive best in a sandy soil. 



Erysimum Cruciferce, Erysimum Perowskianum. This is the 

 only one of a numerous genus at all ornamental, it thrives in any 

 soil, the flowers are dark orange colour. 



Eschscholtzia, Papaveracece. This is a very beautiful little 

 flower, of a deep yellow orange colour, very delicate. It blossoms 



