524 GARDEN PLANTS. PAET II. 



from seed, and may be preserved for years, and grown to a con- 

 siderable size ; but never, that I can learn, has been brought to 

 blossom on the plains. On the Nilgherries plants of compara- 

 tively small size produce flowers abundantly. 



Pogostemon. 



P. Patchouli Pucha-pat. A coarse-looking, low, herbaceous 

 plant, of no interest whatever in the garden, but for the peculiar 

 strong fragrance of its leaves, which are sometimes gathered and 

 laid in a chest with linen to impart to it a fine scent. Propa- 

 gated easily by cuttings or slips. 



Colebrookia. 



Large uninteresting shrubs, with coarse sage-like leaves ; bear 

 spikes of small insignificant flowers in March, but hardly deserve 

 the room they occupy in a garden. 1. C. oppositifolia. Flowers 

 pale chocolate. 2. C. ternifolia. Flowers pale green. 



Mentha. 



M. auricularia. A small herbaceous plant; very pretty when 

 in blossom in November, with small lavender flowers, on dense 

 spikes, three or four inches long, and as thick as a man's little 

 finger. Propagated by slips or cuttings. 



Salvia. 



Of the several handsome species of this genus few, it has been 

 found, can endure the climate of the plains. 



1. S. splendens. A rather large herbaceous plant, very superb 

 when in full blossom; the large gaping flowers, together with 

 their large bracts, being of a brilliant scarlet. Some care must 

 be bestowed to keep it in a healthy and thriving condition, 

 otherwise it looks unsightly, notwithstanding its handsome 

 flowers. It soon becomes old and worn, and must be frequently 

 renewed from cuttings. It requires shade, bearing indifferently 

 much if any exposure to direct sunshine. 



2. S. angustifolia. An herbaceous plant with long slender 

 prostrate stems, and of very untidy habit ; flowers small, pretty, 



