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Stove evergreen shrub. Cuttings of young, 

 side, stubby shoots, or the points of main ones, 

 when a little firm, in sandy soil, under a bell- 

 glass, and in heat ; sandy peat and loam ; com- 

 mon plant-stove treatment. 



O. purpura'scew (purplish). 3. Purple. March. 

 Jamaica. 1822. 



OSTEO'MELES. (From osteon, bone, and 

 melon, apple ; the fruit. Nat. ord., Apple- 

 worts [Pomacese]. Linn., 12-Icosandria 

 %-Di-pentagynia. Allied to Mespilus.) 



Hardy evergreen tree. For culture, see MEDLAK. 

 O.ferrugi'nea (rusty). July. 1847. 



OSTEOSPE'RMUM. (From osteon, a bone, 

 and sperma, a seed. Nat. ord., Compo- 

 sites [Asteracese]. Linn., ~L9-Syngenesia 

 -Necessaria. Allied to Calendula.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered evergreens, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Cuttings of small, 

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

 in April or May ; sandy loam and a little fibry 

 peat. Winter temp., 40 to 45. 

 O. cceru'leum (blue- flowered). 3. Blue. July. 1774. 



calendula' ceum (marigold-like). 2. July. 



corymbo'sum (corymbed). 3. August. 1822. 



ilicifo'lium (holly-leaved). 4. July. 1816. 



inca'num (hoary). 3. August. 1815. 



monili'ferum (necklace-bearing). 3. July. 1714. 



O'STRYA. Hop Hornbeam. (From 

 ostryos, a scale ; scaly catkins. Nat. ord., 

 Mastworts [Corylacese]. Linn., 21- Mo- 

 ncecia 9-Polyandria. Allied to the Horn- 

 beam.) 



Hardy deciduous trees. Seeds, whic-h, if sown 

 in the spring, the season after being gathered in 

 the autumn, and kept in a rot-heap during winter, 

 will make their appearance the year following ; 

 layers, cuttings, and grafting on the common 

 Hornbeam; good, deep, moist soil. 

 0. Virgi'nica (Virginian). 20. April.N.Amer.l622. 



vulga'ris (common). 20. May. Italy. 1724. 



OSWEGO TEA. Mona'rda di'dyma. 



OSY'EIS. Poet's Cassia. (From ozos, 

 a branch; referring to the numerous 

 pliant branches. Nat. ord., Sandalworts 

 [Santalacese]. Linn., 22-Dioccia 3-Tri- 

 andria. Allied to Santalium.) 



Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cuttings of 

 ripened shoots under a hand-light in spring; 

 sandy loam ; requires the protection of a cold pit 

 in winter, or a conservative wall. 

 0. a'lba (white). 3. White. South Europe. 1/39. 



OTAHEITE CHESTNUT. Inoca'rpusedu'lis. 



OTAHEITE MYRTLE. Securine'ga ni'tida. 



OTHO'NNA. Kagwort. (From othone, 

 linen ; referring to the soft, downy cloth- 

 ing of the leaves. Nat. ord., Composites 

 [Asteracese]. Linn., IQ-Syngenesia 4- 

 Necessaria.) 



Greenhouse, yellow-flowered plants, from the 

 Cape of Good Hope, except where otherwise 

 mentioned. Seeds in a mild hotbed, in spring ; 

 annuals may be hardened off afterwards ; peren- 

 nials, by division of the plant ; tuberous-rooted, 



by dividing them ; shrubs, by cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a glass, in May ; 

 sandy loam, and a little fibry peat. Winter temp., 

 40 to 48. 



ANNUAL. 

 0. tage'tes (marigold-teaued). 1. May. 1823. 



HERBACEOUS. 

 0. limfo'lia (flax-leaved). 2. July. 1824. 



pm/m'Ja (leafleted). 3. May. 175Q. 



pinnati'fida (leaflet-like). 1. July. 1823. 



TUBEROUS-ROOTED. 

 0. bulbo'sa (bulbous). 2. May. 1774. 

 filicau'lis (thread-stemmed). l. April. 1791. 



tubero'sa (tuberous). August. 1842. 



EVERGREEN SHRUBS. 



0. abrotanifo'lia (southernwood-leaved). 3. Mav. 

 1692. 



arbore'scens (tree-like). 2. July. 1723. 



-4Mma's?#(Athanasia-like). 3. January. 1795. 



chcirifo'lia (wallflower -leaved). l. May. 



Barbary. 1752. 



coronopifo'lia (buckhorn-leaved). 2. August. 



1731. 



denticula'ta (tooth-/eaw<?eZ). 2. June. 1774. 



digita'ta (finger-leaved). 1$. July. 1824. 



heterophy'lla (various-leaved). 2. May. 1812. 



perfolia'ta (leaf-stem-pierced). 1. June. 1789. 



tenui'ssima (finest-leaved). 1^. May. 1/59. 



virgi'nea (virgin-like). 3. October. Africa. 



1821. 



OTO'PTERA. (From oz/s, an ear, and 

 pteron, a wing ; referring to an ear -like 

 .process on the wing-petals. Nat. ord., 

 Leguminous Plants [Fabacese]. Linn., 

 17 -Diadelpfiia A-Decandria. Allied to 

 Dolichos.) 



Greenhouse evergreen climber ; cuttings of half- 

 ripened shoots in sand, under a bell-glass ; sandy, 

 fibry loam and lumpy peat, with nodules of char- 

 coal intermixed. 



0. Burche'llii (Burchell's). Purple. May. Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1816. 



O'XALIS. Wood Sorrel. (From oxys, 

 acid ; the acid taste of the leaves. Nat. 

 ord., Oxalids [Oxalidaceae]. Linn., 10- 

 Decandria 4i-Pentagynia.) 



Natives of Cape of Good Hope, except where 

 otherwise stated. Hardy annuals, seed in open 

 border, in April, in a shady place ; perennials, by 

 division and by seeds ; tuberous and bulbous ones, 

 by offsets ; the tender ones succeed in a cool 

 temperature in winter, if dry, and frost excluded ; 

 shrubby species, by seeds and cuttings in sandy 

 soil, under a bell-glass, and grown in sandy loam 

 and fibry peat; all the bulbous kinds the least 

 tender should be kept dry in winter, and the 

 shrubby have the greenhouse. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



0, cornicula'ta (small-horned). 3. Yellow. Au- 

 gust. Britain. 



Dille'nii (Dillenius's).2. Copper. America.1/98. 

 flo'rida (florid). 2. Yellow. America. 



1798. 



Icemga'ta (smooth). . Purple. June. 1818. 



microphy'lla (small-leaved). . Palered. N. 



S. Wales. 



~-sensiti'va (sensitive). $. Yellow. July. China. 

 1844. Store, 



