VII. L18T OP FLOWERS. 



! house, in which you keep them. Plant hyacinths in Ihe 

 flower- borders in the manner directed for tulips. 



479. HEPATIC A, anemone, or noble liver-wort. Lat. 

 Anemone hepatica. Fr. Anemone hepatique. A perennial 

 plantj which is found in great abundance near Castelane 

 and de Grasse, and in shady places in the southern pro- 

 vinces of France. The flower is blue, violet, red, or 

 white, and appears in February and March, and, some- 

 times, in January. Propagated by dividing the roots and 

 by sowing the seeds. It likes earth that is light, rich, 

 and warm, and rather dry than moist. 



480. IPOMEA, scarlet-flowered Lat. Tpomea coccinea. 



Fr. lpome"e gcarlate. A West India plant j annual, and 

 a climber. It grows to the height of seven or eight 

 feet, and in July, and on to September, blows a beautiful 

 little bell-shaped scarlet flower. Give it a good, but 

 rather light, soil ; and propagate by sowing in pots in a 

 hot-bed, not many seeds in a pot, so that each plant may 

 be taken out with a ball of earth to its roots. It is con- 

 sidered a green -house plant ; but, if brought on in a hot- 

 bed of moderate heat, and planted out near the end of 

 May in a good situation, will do very well in the open 

 air in England. 



481. IXIA. Lat. Ixia bulbocodium.Fr. V Ixia bulbo- 

 code. A frame plant of Narbonne and the island of 

 Corsica ; a small bulbous root, and blows a violet, 

 purple, or white flower, in March and April. Propagated 

 from offsets. A mixture of peat and sand is the favourite 

 soil of the ixia. 



