Select Biennial and Perennial Plants. 167 



States." (p. 144, Vol. II.) It is true that is it the only epi- 

 phyte connected with the numerous congeners and co-species so 

 common in other and tropical climates. That we have other par- 

 asitic epiphytes, has been already shown. 



An almost innumerable family of less perfectly organized vege- 

 table forms, which are to a certain extent parasitic, is composed of 

 the Lichenes, Fungi, Hepaticae, etc., but these deriving no ne- 

 cessary nutriment from the vegetables on which they are found, 

 and growing also on the surface of rocks and of other bodies, are 

 termed false parasites. None the less important are they, howev- 

 er, in the great economy of nature, which renders each minute par- 

 ticle of organized matter a great and necessary agent in her opera- 

 tions. Yours, 



John Lewis Russell. 



South Hingham, April, 1836. 



Art. III. On the Cultivation of some of the most select Bien- 

 nial and Perennial Plants, with some Remarks upon their 

 Beauty. By S. Walker. 



(Continued from p. 128 J 



Anemone hepatica L. ; The Hepatica. — " This flower lies a 

 year complete, with all its parts, within the bud, and is one of the 

 most eminent beauties of the spring. The flowers appear in 

 March ; and the double sorts which have fairer and more durable 

 flowers than the single ones, make a beautiful appearance upon the 

 borders of the pleasure garden." — "There are many varieties of 

 this species, as, 1, single and double blue. 2, single and double 

 red, or peach colored. 3, single and double white. 4, single 

 and double variegated red and white. 5, single and double violet- 

 colored. 6, with striped leaves." This plant is found wild in 

 Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, and other 

 parts of Europe; and thrives in a good rich loamy soil facing the 

 east; cold does not injure them, and they do best, when only ex- 

 posed to the morning sun. The double red and double blue, are 

 to be found in some of the gardens in the vicinity of Boston. 

 They are increased by parting their roots every third or fourth 

 year, as soon as the flowers begin to fade. It is a perennial. 



-Antirrhinum majus ; Grant Rock Toad-Jiax, or Snap-dragon. 

 " These flowers are many of them large and handsome, but some 

 persons consider them coarse ; which, indeed, is the case with 



