Book II. 



FLOWERS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES. 



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Scbsect. 7. Flowers for Edgings to Beds or Borders 



6528. The principal plants for edgings, next to the.dwarf-box, are the statice armeria, belli* perconis 

 gentiana acaulis, saxitraga umbrosa, oppositifolia, hypnuides, fertuca ovina, and other low-growing 

 evergreen* ; but all the following sorts may be used in extensive concerns requiring edgings of flowers 

 The common and other heaths make very beautiful edgings in parterres of peat soiL 



noccer. 3, o. flo. albo 3, o. flo. pleno 

 albo 3, o- tlo pi. |>un> S- 

 Annuals. Bri/a maxima, Calendula of- 

 ficinalis, o- flo. pleno, Cheiranthus an- 

 nuus rub maritinnis, in.tlo.alli , Del- 

 phinium ajacis, .Oianthus, prolifVr, 3, 

 lberis mara, a major, umbellaia alba, 

 u purpurea, u. rubra, Reseda (dornta, 

 Silene armeria rub a. flo alb. rubella, 

 Viola tricolor, t. mac. major, t. mac. 

 minor. 



Perennials. Achillea millefolium, m. 

 tlo. rubro, Alchemilia alpina, penta- 

 phylla vulgaris, v pubescens Anthemis 

 nobilis, n. tlo. pleno, Bellis perennis, 

 hortensis, h variegata, h- alba, h. fis- 

 tulosa, h. prolii'era, Campanula pumi- 

 Ia3j, Dianthus barbat , b atro-rubens, 

 bortensU, FestUCS glauca, Gentiana 

 acauli, 3, vema S, (inapl.alium dioi- 

 luin 3, Lychnis flos cuculi, f. tlo. pleiio, 

 f. flo. albo, viscaria, v flo. pleno, v. tlo. 

 albo, .Me!isa officinalis, Melittis me- 



lissophyllum, Primula acaulis, auricula, 

 vests, v. elatior, v. polyanthos, v. flo. 

 pleno, Saxitraga ca?spitosa, cuneitblia, 

 geranoides, gtum, hypnoides, mutata, 

 nivalis, oppositifolia, petra^a, urn- 

 br&-a, Silene acaulis 5, Statice armeria, 

 a. flo albo, Stipa pennata, Teucri- 

 um, chamaxirys montanum, Thymus 

 montanus3, serpyllum5. citriodore, 

 vulgaris, zygis s] Veronica hybrida, 

 \">ola grand'ii lora 3, g tlo luteo 3", g. flo. 

 maculato 3, odorata coer. 3, o. tlo. p'.e- 



Subsect. 8. Highly odoriferous Flowers. 



6529. Flowers with sweet smells are no less desirable than those with fine forms or colors. So little has 

 hitherto been done in the nomenclature and classification of vegetable odors, whether fixed or vo.atiie, 

 that we can hardly submit any thing satisfactory on the subject. No small part, however, of the pleasure 

 derived from flowers depends on the;r odors ; and that these are very different, every one must have re- 

 marked who has walked in a wood or a garden after a warm shower, or in a dewy summer's evening. 

 Perhaps the best mode to arrange the odors of plants in our present imperfect state of knowledge on the 

 subject, would be to fix on some generally known smells, as those of the rose, lily, thyme, &c. and 

 group the others under these in the way of natural orders and thus we should have roscdorex, liliodorea?, 

 thymodorex, &c ; but in default of some such, or any system, we shall here bring together a few names 

 under commonly received distinctions. 



The entire plant aromatic. Agrimonia 

 eupatoria, Hyssopus officinalis, Salvia, 

 numerous species, Thymus vulgaris, 

 Acorus calamus. 



The flower mellifluous. Symphytum 

 officinale, orientale, tuberosum, Iris 

 persica, Lilium candidum, Hottonia 

 palustris, Cerinthe minor 



The floner aronuitic and mellifluous. 

 Balsamita vulgaris, Artemisia abro- 

 tanum 



Liliaceous smelts. Convallaria majalis, 

 Viola odorata, Hyacinthus orientalis, 

 Narcissus, various species, Reseda 

 odorata 



Street aromatic smells. Melissa offici- 

 nalis. Monaida didyma. Origanum 

 basilicum, Thymus citri dorus Cheir- 

 anthus cheiri, Calendula otiicinalis 



Tlie floner smelling like lull/. Asperula 

 odorata, taurina, (ialium boreale, 

 Stellaria graminea, Tnasflago fra- 

 grans, Anthoxauthum verruiu, Helio- 

 tropium indicum 



Anise smelt . Primula veris, elatior, 

 acaulis, Scandix odorata, Anethuiu 

 graveolens, Angelica archargelic* 



Sternutatory smells- Achillea ptarmi- 

 ca, vulgaris, Dictamnus albus 



Sojwrific tmxlls. Humulus lupulus, 



Atropa belladonna, Nicotiana Ta- 

 bacum 



Night-smt'tling florvers. Hesperis ihh- 

 tronalis, Oenothera fruticosa, pumil.i, 

 Cheiranthus cheiri, annuus, 'I rnpieo- 

 lum majus, Reseda odorata 



Volatile smells trhich perfume the S'if.- 

 roumling atmosphere- Lilium candi- 

 dum, Cheiranthus cheiri, Hesperis ma- 

 tronalis, Reseda odorata 



Stinks. Astrantia major, Cimicifuga 

 fcetida, Ferula asafu tida, Helleboiiu 

 fcetidus, Allium, various species, Scro- 

 phularia aquatica, Anthemis cotula. 



Scbsect. 9. Other selections of Flowers. 



6890. Other selections will readily occur to the florist who is conversant with the ample store of plants at 

 hi- command ; such as double flowers, flowers that continue in bloom the greater part of the year, flowers 

 lor i cat soils, &c. all which he may select from the indications in the tables already given. He may also 

 select, according to the Linnxan or natural orders, by referring to the tables ;588."and 589 ) in which the 

 genera are so arranged ; or according to the native habitation, native country, year of introduction, or 

 rarity, which circumstances he will find noted in the excellent catalogues of Sweet and Page. 



Scbsect. 10. Botanical and other Assemblages of Plants. Dial-Plants, Parasites, Ferns 

 and Mosses, Alpines, and a selection for a small garden. 



6531. Botanical collections, as well as cabinets of shells and minerals, have been in vogue by the curious 

 since Solomon's time In many private families there is a taste for scientific botany ; in which case aJl 

 the hardy plants of the vegetable kingdom, as far as they are introduced into this country, are arranged 

 in their order according to some system ; and either in narrow beds, in which one species follows another; 

 or in groups, on lawn or gravel, in which the species most nearly allied according to the system adopted, 

 are placed together, each group containing an order {Jig 553.^, and all the orders of a class forming a 

 constellation of groups, connected at one point with the preceding order, and at another with that which 

 follows. Sometimes a different arrangement is adopted, and all the plants that can be considered as orna- 

 mental are assembled in beds or borders, and all those that are merely curious, as tjie ferns, mosses, fungi, 

 &c or useful in agriculture or the arts, as the grasses, garden-plants, plants used in dyeing, tanning, &c. 

 are'arranged in beds or groups in compartments by themselves. This is in general the most suitable mode 

 for a private garden. With respect tu the species to be introduced in these groups, the gardener will have 

 recourse to the tables already referred to, in which, in the Jussieuean table .589 .), under Graminex, Cj 

 peracex Juncex, Rostiaccx, he will find all the grasses ; under Filices, all the ferns ; under Lycopodhue, 

 lie plant-mosses; under Equisetacex, the et.uisetums, <S:c. The economical plants he will find under 

 g r.eral heads in our view of the distribution of the British Flora (973.), and the species he will find enu- 

 merated, and classed, in our Encyclopedia of Agriculture. -_^ . *",'_ 



ti53- 7 Dial-plant* Among curious collections, it may sometimes be desired to assemble the dial-plants, 

 or . ch as indicate the hours of the day. An ample list of these has been given by Linnxus, in the Phi- 

 lotorhica Botanica ; but the following, being plants generally known and easily procured, may be deemed 

 suti.cient to complete a botanist's dial in Britain : 



Opens in the 



morning. 

 Hou. Mm. 



Shuts from 



noun to night. 



Hou. Min. 



Traeoposon luteum 

 Leontodon serotinum 

 Picris echioides 



Papaver midic uite 

 Hemerocaltis f.ilva 

 Sonchus Uevis 



alpinus 



Convolvulus arvensis 

 Lapsana comimn is 

 Leontodon taraxacum 



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Hypochaeris maculata 

 Nymphuua alba 

 Lactuca sativa 

 Tagetes erecta 

 Anagallis arvensis 

 Hieracium pilosella 

 Dianthus prolifcr 

 Calendula arvensis 

 A 11 HI is purpurea 

 Portularn hortensis - 

 Alalva caroliniana 

 Stellaria media 



