VII. 



LIST OF FLOWERS. 



504. PALMA -CHR1STI, Lat. Ricinus comnmnis. Fr. 

 Ricin commun. A tender biennial plant from India, from 

 five to seven feet high. Blows in July and August. Pro- 

 pagated by seed sown in a hot bed. When the plants 

 are five or six inches high they should be planted where 

 they are to grow. This plant is annual in the open ground, 

 but, when put into a green-house, it lasts four or five 

 years. - 



505. PANSY, or hearts-ease. Lat. Viola hispida. Fr. 

 Viollette cV automne. A hardy perennial plant, very com- 

 mon in Europe, which blows a blue flower almost the 



whole of the year. PANSY. Lat. Viola grandiflora. 



Fr. Violette pensee. A hardy perennial, common in most 

 parts of Europe, eight or ten inches high, and blows all 

 the summer, a yellow and violet flower. These are 

 propagated by seed, which ripens abundantly, as well as 

 by separating their roots. Like rich earth and partial 

 shade. 



506. PEA, the everlasting. Lat. Lathyrus Latifolius. 

 Fr. Gesse a large feuilles. A perennial plant from Pro- 

 vence. It is four or five feet high, and in July and Au- 

 gust, blows very beautiful bunches of rose-coloured 

 flowers. Sow in beds and transplant to where the plants 

 are to blow, or sow where they are to remain, but take 

 care to have sticks, or lattice-work high enough to train 



them upon. SWEET PEA. Lat. Lathyrus odoratus.Fr* 



Gesse odorante. An annual plant from Sicily. About four 

 or five feet high, and blows a rose coloured flower of va- 

 rious hues in June, July and August. Propagated by the 

 -seed sown where it is to remain. There is another 





