SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. ClJAP. 



> 473. HOLLYHOCK, Chinese. Lai. Althaa rosea.Fr. 

 Alcee rose. A hardy biennial plant from China, about six 

 or eight feet high, and blows, from July till September, 

 a flower that is red, pink, white, or a yellowish colour. 

 Propagated by sowing seed in the open earth, about the 

 end of June or July. They may be transplanted in a 

 month after they come up. Do not, generally, blow the 

 first year. Like good substantial mould, and a warm 

 situation. The common hollyhock of the gardens, and 

 which is ranked amongst biennial plants, will last much 

 longer than two years j but, after the fourth, is not so 

 fine, It requires good rich mould, and will then come to 

 the height of ten or twelve feet -, is of almost all colours, 

 blows abundantly, and is easily raised from the seed, but 

 its great height and robustness mark it out for a shrub- 

 bery, rather than a border, plant. Keep it staked, or 

 towards autumn, the high winds, assisting its own 

 weight, will tear it about sadly, and it does much 

 mischief often in its fall. 



474. HONEY-SUCKLE, French. Lat. Hedysarum co- 

 ronarium. Fr. Sainfoin d'Espagne. A hardy biennial 

 plant, originally from Spain and the south of France, 

 about two feet high, and has a red flower in July and 

 August. Propagated by sowing seed in the spring, in 

 light garden mould, and transplanting the plants into 

 the place where they are to grow, in the autumn. 



475. HONESTY, or moon-wort. Lat, Lunaria annua. 

 Fr. Lunaire annuelle. A hardy annual plant of Provence, 

 growing two or three feet high, and blowing a flower of 





