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4. Maurandya, Pui-ple, Maurandya Bardayana. A 

 beautiful perennial vine, tender, but growing well and bloom- 

 ing abundantly as an annual ; its flowers are pendent tubes of 

 a fine deep purple. There are also white, and mixed muddy- 

 varieties of little value. 



5. Peas, Sweet, Lathyrus odoratus. Fine fragrant flow- 

 ers of various colors, running about four feet high. 



6. Thunbergia, Buff, &«., Thunbergia alata, alba, &c. 

 A pretty runner, bearing abundance of white, nankin, and or- 

 ange-colored tubed flowers, with a dark puce-colored throat, 

 looking like the pupil of an eye. 



BIENNIALS. 



TWELVE KINDS. 



Biennials should be sown in the latter half of May, and by ■ 

 the first of August, or whenever they are of sufficient size, they 

 may be transplanted into their permanent places. Shade them 

 for a few days after setting out, and hoe and weed them often 

 through the fall. In the spring clean them perfectly, digging 

 lightly around them until they begin to throw up their blos- 

 som-stems. Such of them as generally or often bloom the first 

 season are noted in the list. 



1. Canterbury Bells, Blue, &c., Campanula medium. 

 Showy bell or goblet formed flowers, generally admired ; from 

 a foot to eighteen inches high. Self-sowing in the fall. 



2. CoMMELiNA, Blue, C'ommelina celestis. A plant of little 

 show except in masses, with bi'oad grass-like leaves, the ex- 

 quisite tint of its rather scattered flowers constituting its only 

 claim to cultivation. Though generally raised and treated as 

 an annual or biennial, it is tuberous-rooted, and may be pre- 

 served as dahlias or potatoes. From a foot to two feet high. 



3. Foxglove, Purple, White, Digitalis purpurea, alba. A 

 coarse mullein-like plant, throwing up strong spikes of light 

 purple" or white tubular flowers, the inside of the purple variety 

 being spotted. Self-sowing in the fall ; two to four feet high. 



4. Honesty, or Satin Flower, Lunaria biennis. An early 

 flower, of a rich though not very clear purple color, but deriving 

 its name and credit chiefly from the thin transparent mem- 



