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shade of purple, and aa with the deep brown center make a 
very pleasing combin 
means entirely given over to the Com- 
positae, other families demanding and justly receiving our atten- 
tion. e figwort feas with its two striking Seana 
Chelone glabra and C. Lyoni, the former with white, the lat 
with purple, flowers, both showy and imposing, takes a promi- 
nent place. The mint family furnishes Sa/via Pitcheri, Pitcher’s 
sage, of our Penns country, one of the showiest of plants 
and one of the most desirable of the genus, its light blue flowers 
borne in great profusion re for a considerable time. It grows 
to a height of two to five 
Of all the plants that ia during the summer few, if an 
brackish ones, in cultivation it thrives equally well in much 
drier situations, sending up numerous stems four to six feet tall, 
which bear in succession numerous large pink flowers from four 
to seven inches across. Those who were fortunate enough to 
see our west ate last August can bear evidence to its gre: 
beauty and value as a garden plant. It is readily raised ee 
i ird r 
seed, and will flower the second or thir ibiscus nzili- 
zaris, also belonging to the mallow family, is attracti Its 
owers are smaller, while. the leaves are hastate-lobed at the 
b It grows to about the same and, though also a 
swamp plant, thrives well in much drier 
to) ther plants deserving attention may be mentioned 
the American senna, Cassia Marylandica, ee mainly to the 
area east of the Mississippi River. This bears a profusion of 
showy yellow flowers borne in aa racemes, sea are suc- 
ceeded by the large brown pods. It does best in 
but will do well in drier places. It attains a height of three 6 
eight feet, is eee raised from seed, and is distinctly ornamental. 
A t d lose one of its finest plants were the turk’s- 
cap lily, LZ. ees omitted. It is the largest and most im- 
but few flowers, but the older bulbs sending up stems several feet 
high which bear a nes of elegant blooms. 
