VII. LIST OF FLOWERS. 



twelve feet high if trained up a frame or a string ; and 

 blows a beautiful pale lilac pendulous flower in June and 

 July. Propagated by cuttings planted under a hand- 

 glass, or by seed, which ripens freely, 



459. EGG-PLANT. Lat Solanum melongena. Fr. 

 Morelle melongene. An annual plant, originally from 

 Asia and America. About fifteen inches in height, and 



-blows white or violet flowers in June and July. Bears a 

 fruit which is eaten, but it is raised here only for the 

 curiosity of the egg-shaped fruit which it bears. It 

 likes a light rich soil, and is readily procured by sowing 

 the seeds. 



460. FIG, the common Indian. Lat. Cactus opuntia. Fr. 

 Cactier Raquette. From America, where it grows on 

 rocky places, and dry hills, and, in the month of July, 

 blows a yellow flower. This is a green-house plant in 

 England. It is very succulent, and should not be much 

 watered except during the time that it is flowering, and 

 then it may have more water. Cuttings root readily 

 in pots. Perennial. 



461. FOX-GLOVE, lesser yellow. Lat. Digitalis par- 

 mflora. Fr. Digitals a petites fleurs. A perennial plant 

 from Italy, two or three feet high, and blows a yellow 

 flower in June and July. Propagated from seed, and 

 sows itself. COMMON FOX-GLOVE. Lat. Digitalis pur- 

 purea. Fr. Digital.e pourpre. A biennial plant, found 

 commonly in England, two or three feet high, and blows 

 a purplish red flower in June, July, August and September. 

 There is a white variety of this species j both are very 



