SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GARDENS. CllAP. 



once raised in a soil which it likes, it sows itself without 

 further trouble. 



' 535. SUN-FLOWER. Lat. Helianthus multiflora. 

 Fr. Soleil multiflore. A hardy perennial plant, originally 

 from North America, about four feet high, and blows a 

 * yellow flower in July and August Propagated by seed 

 sowed in a border in July, and the young plants planted, 

 when they are fit, in the places where they are to re- 

 main j also by separating the roots in the autumn or 



spring. SUN-FLOWER, annual. Lat. Helianthus annuus. 



Fr. Soleil a grandes fleurs. An annual, which came 

 originally from Peru ; grows from four to six feet high, 

 having the coarsest stem, leaf and flower of any culti- 

 vated plant. The flower is yellow, and appears in July 

 and August. Is sometimes double, and is from six 

 inches to a foot in diameter -, bears abundance of oily 

 seed which is much liked by poultry of every sort. Pro- 

 pagated by its seed, sowed early in spring, and the plants 

 when in their sixth leaf removed to where they are to 

 blow. Fit for nothing but very extensive shrubberies, 

 where, when seen from a distance, the sight may en- 

 dure it. 



536. THISTLE, the globe. Lai. EcMnops ritro.Fr. 

 L' echinope ritro. A hardy perennial of the south of 

 France, growing three or four feet in height, and blows a 

 light blue flower in August. Propagated by sowing or 

 by separating the roots. Any soil suits it. 



537. THRIFT. Lat. Statice Armeria.Yr. Statice a 

 ixxrdures. A native of the Alps $ the roots are perennial 



