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to it, and inferior kinds abound. No garden should be ■with- 

 out the finer kinds. A foot high ; self-sowing freely. 



12. Snapdragon, Antirrldnum speciosum, &c. The snap- 

 dragon is a lip or mouth-formed flower of various and fine col- 

 ors, having the amusing fashion of opening its mouth when 

 pinched " back of the ears." The Speciosum is pure white, 

 with lips of fine crimson. From a foot to eighteen inches 

 high. They arc freely self-sown, and sometimes the plants 

 bloom the first year. 



PERENNIALS. 



TMTSNTY-SIX KINDS. 



The seeds of perennials or herbaceous plants may be sown 

 at any time through the spring, and the young plants, when 

 of suflicient size, transplanted as directed for biennials, or they 

 may be left in the seed-rows until the next spring. 



For particular species of plants in the following brief list, 

 special directions are given as to the modes by which they 

 may be increased, but, in general, this is easily done by dividing 

 the crowns of the roots either when they have ceased growing 

 in the fall, or after they start in the spring. Usually, at this 

 latter period, each spear, if separated with ever so small a por- 

 tion of the root, or even slipped oif without root, will grow, if 

 proper care be given to shade and water it ; but the inexperi- 

 enced cultivator should be content with a moderate division of 

 the rooted pieces. 



1. Adam's Thread and Needle, Yucca filamentosa and 

 Y. gloj^iosa. Almost entirely hardy aloe-like plants, produc- 

 ing upon a branching stem a multitude of white bell-shaped 

 flowers. The first blooms most freely. At the North a little 

 straw covering in winter is desirable. 



2. Artemisia or Chrysanthemum. Many varieties, with 

 large or small flowers ; all showy, and some of them fine ; they 

 are our latest fall flower. 



The Paper White, the White Quilled, the Golden Lotus, the 

 Straw and the Rose colored, and the Crimson or Piu'ple, may 

 be named. 



For house-blooming, make cuttings early in August of about 



