118 FLOWERS IN BLOOM. [JULY. 



character never fail to command. But, lest 

 you should begin to doubt whether I am writing* 

 a discourse on ethics, or an epistle on horticul- 

 ture, I must return to your garden and to mine. 

 Among the gayest things which your garden 

 boasts of, I suppose the common annuals, sown 

 in the spring, are not the least show r y. I know 

 not what you may have besides these in flower; 

 but, in addition to my roses, some of which are 

 still in bloom, I have, among the herbaceous 

 plants, Phlox stolonifera and Phlox am&na; 

 Spigelia Marylandica, or pink root ; the white, 

 the blue, and the purple Tradescantia Virgini- 

 ana, or spider wort ; Dianthus superbus, whose 

 pretty lilac flowers are deliciously sw r eet ; 

 Campanula Carpatica, which I consider one of 

 the most splendid of a very handsome tribe of 

 flowers, (the bell flowers,) Hemerocallis caru- 

 lea, Chinese day lily, Jlnchusa Italica, or 



