VII. LIST OF FLOWERS. 



525. SNAP-DRAGON, common. Lat. Antirrhinum 

 majus.Fr. Mu/lier des jardins.A perennial plant, com- 

 mon in uncultivated places, and on walls, in England. 

 Blows in June, July, and August, its flowers are purple, 

 red, or white/ - SNAP-DRAGON, small. Lat. Antirrhinum 

 orenticum. Fr. Mu/lier rubicond. An annual plant, com- 

 mon in Europe, growing about a foot and a half high, 

 and blowing a reddish, or white, flower, with spots of 

 yellow, in July. Propagated by seed, sown in a border, 

 and the plants afterwards planted, where they are to re- 

 main. Both of these are handsome border flowers, but 

 the latter is rather too small to make any show. The 

 former, on the contrary, is very showy, very hardy, and 

 remains a long time in flower. Sowed on the tops of 

 old buildings, old walls, or heaps of dry rubbish, it 

 thrives almost as well, and blows quite as well, as in the 

 best-prepared borders. 



526. SNOW-DROP. Lat. Galanihus 

 Galantine, perce-neige. A native bulbous-rooted plant, 

 which, in January and February, blows a white flower, 

 and is seven or eight inches high. There is, also, a 

 double sort. - SNOW-DROP, summer. Lat. Leucoium 

 (Estivum. Fr. Nive'ole d" etc. A native plant, which 

 blows a white flower in the beginning of summer. Bul- 



bous, and propagated by offsets. Likes a moist soil. 



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527. SOAPWORT, cow mow. Lat. Saponaria ojficinatis. 

 Fr, Saponaire ojficinale.A hardy perennial plant, about 

 two feet high, and very common in England Blows, in 

 July, red or white flowers, and there are some double. 

 Propagated by the runners. Likes any soil or situation. 



