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OKN 



0. acwnina'ta (pointed-cowered). 1 . Purple. May. 

 Barbary. 1815. 



corio'phora (hug-bearing). 1. Brown. June. 



Switzerland. 1825. 



folio'sa ( leafy -spiked}. 1. Purple. May. Madeira. 

 fusce'scens (drying-brown}. I.Yellowish. June. 



Pennsylvania. 1831. 



globo'sa (round - spiked). f . Purple. June. 



Austria. 1792. 



Ibe'ricu (Iberian). White. June. Caucasus. 



1819. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 1 . Pink. June. Britain. 



laxiflo'ra (loose-flowered) . Purple. June. Eu- 



rope. 1820. 



longibr acted' to. (long-bracted). l. Purple. 



May. Sicily. 1818. 



longico'rnis (long-horned), f . Purple. May. 



Barbary. 1815. 



ma'cra (lean). Pale purple. May. Britain. 



macula'ta (spotted). l Flesh. June. Britain. 



ma'scula (male-earty). 1. Purple. May. Britain. 



milita'ris (military). 1. Purple. May. Switzer- 



land. 1826. 

 ve'ra (true). Purple. May.Switzeriand. 1825. 



mo'rio (buffoon), f . Purple. May. Britain. 



papiliona'cea (butterfly). l. Purple. April. 



Rome. 1788. 



provincia'lis (province), f. Purple, yellow. 



June. Switzerland. 1825. 



pauciflo'ra (few-flowered), f. Purple. 



July. Italy. 1825. 



pseu' do-sambu' cina (false-elder-smeftmg-). f. 



Purple. April. Italy. 1828. 



lute'scens (pale yellow), f. Yellow. June. 



Italy. 1828. 



quadripuncta' to, (four-spotted), f . Purple. 



April. Italy. 1828. 



sacca'ta (pouched). jJ.Purple.April. Sicily. 1828. 



sambu'cina (elder-scented), f . Yellow. April. 



Switzerland. 1825. 



specta' bills (showy). Pink. June. N. Amer. 1801. 



tephrosa'nthos (ash-coloured-flowered). l. 



Purple. April. England. 



densiflo'rum (crowded- spiked). 1. Purple, 



white. May. Europe. 



undula'ta (wavy). 1. Pale purple. December. 



Sicily. 1818. 



undulatifo' lia (wavy-leaved). Pale purple. Jlay. 



Britain. 



ustula'ta (scorched). 5. Purple. May. England. 



variega'ta (variegated), f. Pale purple. May. 



South Europe. 1818. 



OKI'GANUM. Marjoram. (From oros, 

 mountain, and ganos,joy ; referring to the 

 natural places of growth. Nat. ord., La- 

 biates [Lamiaceee]. Linn., l^-Didynamia 

 1- Gymn ospermia. ) 



The following are all hardy herbaceous peren- 

 nials. Seeds, division of the roots, and cuttings ; 

 sandy soil. See MAHJORAM. 

 O.Mgypti'acum (Egyptian). 1. Pink. July. 

 Epypt. 1731. 



crassifo'iium (thick-leaved). Purplish. June. 



Levant. 



dicta'mnus (dittany of Crete), i. Pink. July. 



Candia. 1551. 



heraclea'ticum (bastard - winter - sweet). 1 . 



White. August. South Europe. 1640. 



horte'nsis (garden). Purplish. June. N. Africa. 



1573. 



ma'ru (mastic). 1. Pink. June. Palestine, 



neroo'svm (large-nerved.). Pink. June. Egypt. 



1823. 



norma'te (normal). 1. Blue, June.Nepaul.181Q. 



0. Oni'tes(Omtet). 1. Whitish. August. Mediter 

 ranean. 175Q. 



Sipy'leum (Mount Sipylus). 1. Pink. August* 



Levant. 1699. 



stoloni'ferum (runner-bearing). 1. Pink. June. 



Pedolia. 1828. 



Towrrae/o'r^Tournefort's). 1. Pink. August. 



Arnogos. 1788. 



vulga're (common). 2. Pink. August. Britain. 

 flo're - a' Ibo (white-flowered), l. White. 



June. Britain. 

 hu'mile (dwarf). 1. Purple. June. Asia.1818. 



prisma' ticum (prism - shaped). White. 



July. Mediterranean. 



vi'rens (green). 1. Purple. June. Portugal. 



ORMO'SIA. Bead-tree. (From orwos, a 

 necklace ; referring to the seeds of O. 

 cocci'nea, which are scarlet, with a dark 

 spot, which are strung for necklaces. 

 Nat. ord., Leguminous Plants [Fabaceae]. 

 Linn., IQ-Decandria \-Monogyma. Allied 

 to Sophora.) 



Stove evergreen trees, blue-flowered. Cuttings 

 of half-ripened shoots in sand, under a bell-glass, 

 and in bottom-heat, in May ; sandy, fibry peat, 

 and a little loam. Winter temp., 48 to 55; 

 summer, 60 to 85. 



0. cocci'nea (scarlet-seeded). 10. July. Guiana. 

 1823. 



dasyca'rpu (thick-fruited). 10. June. W. Ind. 



1793. 



ORXITHI'DIUM. One of the many weeds 

 among air-plants. 



ORNITHO'GALUM. Star of Bethlehem. 

 (From ornis, a bird, and gain, milk. Nat. 

 ord. Lily worts [Liliaceae]. Linn., Q-Hex- 

 andria 1-Monogynia.) 



Pretty bulbous plants, white-flowered, where 

 not otherwise specified. Offsets ; sandy loam and 

 a little leaf-mould for the hardy. kinds; a little 

 peat added for those that require a cold pit in 

 winter. If the latter are planted out in a dry 

 border, the border must be protected from wet 

 and frost during winter, or the bulbs taken up, and 

 kept in drawers or bags where nro frost will reach 

 them. 



HARDY BULBS. 



0. bulbi'ferum (bulb-bearing), . April. Russia. 

 1821. 



como'sum (tufted). . July. Austria. 1505. 



divarica'tum (spreading). 2. July. California. 



1841. 



e'xscapum (stemless). . May. Italy. 1824. 

 fimbri't'tum (fringed). . February. Crimea. 1820. 



margma'tum (white-edged). }. Greenish- 



white. March. Asia. 1843. 



monta'num (mountain). $. May. Italy. 1824.' 



Narbune'nse (Narbonne). l. July. South Eu- 



rope 1810. 



nu'tans (nodding). $. June. Britain. 



pyramida'le (pyramidal). 2. June. Spain. 1752. 



Pyrena'icum (Pyrenean). 2. Green. June. 



Ensrland. 



stachyoi'des (stachys-like). 2J. Lilac, yellow. 



May. South Europe. 17/1. 



umbella'tum (umbelled). l. May. England. 



TENDER BULBS. 

 0. ailia'ceum (onion-like).i.September.Chili.I821. 



Ara'bicum (Arabian). lj. May. Egypt. 1629. 



au'reum (golden), f . Yellow. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1790. 



