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them, it will facilitate their rooting : plants so raised will 

 flower early in the following summer. The Hollyhock is 

 used, in some parts of France, as we use Hawthorn and 

 Privet, to divide gardens and vineyards. The flowers are 

 said to furnish a large portion of honey-juice to bees : 



" And from the nectaries of Hollyhocks 



The humble bee, e'en till he faints, will sip." 



H. SMITH. 



HONESTY, 



LUNAHIA. 



CRUCIFER.E. TETRADYNAJIIA SILICULOS-iE. 



French, la lunaire [moon- wort] ; satinee, satin-blanc [white satin] ; 

 passe-satin [slip satin] ; medaille [the medal] ; and herbe aux lu- 

 nettes [spectacle herb]. Italian, lunaria. German and Dutch, a 

 variety of names, most of which have a signification equivalent to sil- 

 ver-bloom. English, Honesty; Moon- wort; Penny- flower; Money- 

 flower; White Satin-flower; and Silver-plate. 



THE Italian name Lunaria, and the English name Moon- 

 wort, were given to this plant from the form of the seed- 

 vessel, which resembles that of the full moon. Honesty 

 has a reference to the transparency of the partition of the 

 seed-vessel; Silver-bloom, Satin-flower, &c. to its smooth- 

 ness and glossiness. The French name, Herbe aux Lu- 

 nettes, is very appropriate, for this part of the plant is cer- 

 tainly very like the oval glass of a pair of spectacles. 



The lower flowering stalks of this plant have few flowers 

 and some leaves ; but the upper ones have many flowers 

 and not any leaves. The plant is chiefly remarkable for 

 the partition of the seed-vessel from which it is named ; 

 and, when this is perfectly ripe, the branches are fre- 

 quently dried, and placed with Amaranths, Xeranthe- 

 mums, &c. over the chimney-piece in the winter-time. 



