PERENNIALS AND BIENNIALS 



I failed completely in attempting to raise this 

 plant from seed, and none of the nurserymen being 

 able to supply the plant itself, I was almost in 

 despair, when Mr, Coville managed to get for me 

 a few of the roots from a personal friend, and 

 these were planted in a shady spot on the edge 

 of the woods, where they have done admirably. 

 I have increased their numbers materially by 

 division, and this attractive little stranger now 

 seems firmly established in prohibition Maine. 



I will not attempt to give a scientific account 

 of the species of mint which grows in a luxuriant 

 bed on the low ground near the wharf. Its 

 parents came in a cigar-box from the neighbor- 

 hood of Richmond, Virginia, and such a plant 

 needs no scientific pedigree, it being, beyond dis- 

 pute, an honored member of one of the first 

 families of Virginia. To describe the uses to 

 which its tender leaves may be put in the spring 

 and early summer, would be but a thankless task, 

 for none but a true Virginian has ever penetrated 

 its deeper mysteries. 



Perched high on the edge of a rocky ledge is 

 another plant of great interest to the serious 

 student of nature, Tanacetum vulgar e, or Tansy. 

 How its tender, fern-like leaves may add to the 



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