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GREENHOUSE EVERGREENS. 

 P.attenua'ta (thin). 3. Purple. July, Cape 

 of Good Hope. 1820. 



Borboniafo'lia (Bbrbonia-leaved), 3, Purple. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1790. 



bracteola'ta (small-bracted). 6. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1713. 



.Burwa'wm (Burmann's). 3. Purple, June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1800. 



cordifa'lia (heart-leaved). 3. Purple. May. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1791. 



Gurci'nii (Garcin's). 3. Purple. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 



genistoi'des (broom-like). 3. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1823. 



gra'cilis (slender). Blue. May. New Zealand. 



inter me 1 dia (intermediate). 3. Purple. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



lanceola'ta (spear-head-/ea?>erf). 3. Purple. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 1820. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). l. Purple. May. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1820, 



ligula'ris (strap -leaved). l. Purple. June. 



Cape of Good Hope. *1820. 



liliifo'lia (lily-leaved). 4. Purple. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1823. 



myrtifo'lia (myrtle-leaved). 3. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1/07. 



r grandiflo'ra (large-flowered). 4. Purple. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 181?. 



nummufa'ria (moneywort-leaved). 3. Purple. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1812. 



oppositifo'lia (opposite-leaved). 2. Purple. 



June. Cape of Good Hope. 1790. 



r- ma' jor (larger). 3. Purple. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 



pinifo'lia (pine-leaved). 3. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1823. 



Si'mplex (simple-stemmed'). 4. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1816, 



specio'sa (showy). 6. Purple. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1814. 



teretifo'lia (cylindrical-leaved). 3. Purple. 



August. Cape of Good Hope. 1/91- 



tetrago'na (four-angled). 2. Purple. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1820. 



POLYGONA'TUM. Solomon's Seal. (From 

 polys, many, and gonu, a joint, or keee ; 

 numerous joints of the stem. Nat. ord., 

 Lilyworts [Liliaeeoe]. Linn. ,6 flewmdria 

 1-Monoyynia. Allied to Convallaria.) 



Hardy, white^flowered, herbaceous perennial. 

 Seeds and divisions in spring; rjph, }ight soil. 

 Leptophy' Hum and oppositifo'liuni require pro- 

 tection in winter. 



P. angustifo'lium (narrow -leaved). 1. May. 

 N.Amer. 1824. 



brachia'tum (bracted). l. July, Switzer- 



land. 1827, 



canaliculaitum (channelled). 1. June. N. 



Amer-, 1813. 



hi'rtmn (hairy), i. May. N.Amer. 1S1Q. 



Ifttifo'lium (broad-leaved), 3. May. Ger r 



many. 1802, 



leptqpky'llum (fine-leaved). 2. June. Ner 



paul. 1816. 



macrophy'llum (large-lea,ved). 3, May. N. 



Amer. 1800. 



multiflo'rum (many-flowered). 2. June. Britain. 



oppositifu'lium (opposite-leaved). 1. April. 



Nepaul. 1822. 



polya'nthemum (many-flowered). 1. May 



Caucasus. 1820. 



, May. N.Amer, 1812, 

 -r-verticilla'tum (whorled leaved). 1. May. 

 Scotland. 



vulga're (common). 2. May. England. 

 flo're-ple'no (doubles-flowered). 2. June. 



England. 

 mi'nor (smaller). 1, June. England. 



POLYGO'NUJE. (Erom polys, many, and 

 <7o?w,aknee; numerous joints of the stem. 

 Nat. ord., Buckwheats [Polygonacese]. 

 Linn., Q-Octandria 3-Trigynia.) 



Annuals, seeds in the open border, in March 

 and April; herbaceous perennials, also by seeds, 

 as for annuals, and division of the roots : tender 

 annuals require the assistance of a hotbed before 

 transplanting in May ; greenhouse shrubs, by 

 cuttings in sandy soil, under a glass, and grown 

 in fibry loam, with a little peat ; several of them, 

 such as adpre'ssum, which sends out very long- 

 shoots, should be tried against a wall. The fruit 

 f several, such as Tata'ricum and fagopy'rum, 

 are used for tarts. 



GREENHOUSE, EVERGREENS AND 



HERBACEOUS. 



P. adpre'ssum (compressed). 2. Red. July. N. 

 Holland. 1822. 



Bruno' nis (Brown's). . Pink. August. Nqytb. 



of India. 1845. 



deci'piens (deceiving). 2. Red. July. N. 



Holland. 1822. Herbaceous. 



gra'cile (slender). 1. Red. July. N.Holland. 



1822. Herbaceous. 

 r herniarioi'des (herniaria-like). . July. Egypt. 



1827. 

 T- tincto'rium (dyer's). 2. Red. July. China. 



1776. Biennial. 



HARDY HERBACEOUS, 

 P. affi'ne (kindred), J. Red. June, Nepaul. 1822. 



dlpi'num (alpine). 2. White. July. Switzer- 



land. 1816. 



amphi'bium (amphibious). J> Pink. July. 



Britain. Aquatic. 

 -hirsu-'ium (hairy). 1. Red. July. Britain. 



amplexicuu'le (stem-clasping). Red. July. 



India. 1837. 



barba'tum, (bearded). 2. White. July. China. 



181Q. Trailer. 



cocci'neum (scarlet). 1. Scarlet. July. N. 



Amer. 18)9. 



e'le^aiis (elegant). 2. White, green. June. 



Nepaul. 1824. Trailer. 



elli'pticum (o\a.\-leaved). 2. Pink. June. 



Siberia. 1807. 



fflau'cum (milky-green). 1. J^. Amer. 



l,axHiq'nni (Lasmann's), 1, White. June. 



Dahuria. 1800. 



macrophy'llum (large-leaved), ij. Purple. 



June. Nepaul. 1820. 



seri'ceum (silky). , White. July. Siberia. 



1820. 



seta' sum (bristly). 1, White. July. Asia 



Minor. 1817. 



r vapeiniifo'lium (whortleberry-leaved). Pink. 

 July. Himalaya. 1845 Trailing evergreen. 



Virginia! nnm (Virginian). 3. White. August. 



N. Amer. 1640. 



volca'nicum (volcanic). Mexico, 1831. Trail- 



ing evergreen. 



HARDY ANNUALS, 



P. arena'rium (sand). 1. Purple, June f Hun- 

 gary. 18"7. Trailer. 



*~ fagopy'rum (buckwheat),) 2. Pink, July. 

 England, 



