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mer ; division. — Moist and warm rocky spots facing 

 south, in woods or shrubberies ; should be isolated from 

 coarse or creeping plants, and put in spongy loam or 

 - peat, and never among coarse plants. 



Winter Cherry. Physalis Alkekengi. Southern Eu- 

 rope. Herbaceous perennial ; i foot ; white ; late sum- 

 mer ; seed or division. — Fringes of copses, or banks near 

 wood walks ; best in warm soil. 



THE FIGWORT FAMILY. 



Perennial Mullein. Verbascum Chaixii. Southern 

 France. Herbaceous perennial ; 4 to 6 feet ; yellow, with 

 brown and purple centre ; summer ; seed or division. — 

 A few feet or yards within fringes of woods, or associated 

 with the largest and handsomest herbaceous plants. 

 Other large kinds are good, but the preceding is a true 

 perennial. 



Great Snapdragon. Antirrhinum majus. Europe. 

 Evergreen perennial ; 2 feet ; red ; summer ; seed or 

 cuttings. — Rocky places. Although this grows in almost 

 any soil, it is on walls and ruins that it becomes 

 thoroughly established. 



Bock Snapdragon. Antirrhinum rupestre. — Peren- 

 nial ; \ foot ; purplish-pink ; summer ; seed. — Rocky and 

 bare places, walls, and on banks. 



Alpine Toadflax. Linaria alpina. Austria. Ever- 

 green perennial ; 6 to 1 2 inches ; violet ; summer ; seed. 

 In bare, open, sandy, gritty, or gravelly spots, in the 

 moister and more elevated districts. 



Broom-leaved Toadflax. Linaria genistcefolia. Aus- 



