THi: MUSK. -35 



puDlie a few yeai's suici' by jNIe^srs. liai'iison, dL Lt-icester. 

 Nut many of i\w anil)iiiuus lltirists tlniLiij-ht. the comuiou 

 musk wiivthy (ir eapaMc of iuiprovemeut ; hut one liuc 

 morumy tlie /hilj'/l ni'.s df tlie llural ,i;-atUeruiy's at South 

 Iveusiugton wei'e eonfronted with a liatch of wevcral dozeu 

 plants (if a new aud tinf \'ariety of this hiuulile }ilan(, 

 and this, which was called '' Haii'ison^s Musk," soon ac- 

 ipiircd iuimeuse popularity, and in one respect attaiued to 

 a position wliicli we will venture to speak of as uniipie. 

 Mr. C'aunell, the tlunsl, of Swaiile}', iii Kent, advertised 

 that all plants ordered nt him would he sent to the cus- 

 tomers packetl ill Hariiscn''s musk ! Imagine a jeweller 

 advertising that diamonds and rubies ordered of him would 

 be sent home packed in gold dust! And yet, in its way, 

 this A'.'as somewhat iif a. parallel case. 



Harrison^s musk is a. replica nf the <'omnioii musk, Ijut 

 on a ve-rv large scale. It is the evident result nf a cross 

 Ijetwceii the common musk ami a larger growing mimuhis, 

 such as J[. liileiiH. It is as hardy as the older plant, more 

 robust in every way, anil very much more showy, while, 

 fortunately, it is richly scented. 



These two varieties of musk are not only useful as pot 

 plants and to lill odd places in borders, Init they may be 

 advantageously employed as liedding plants under some 

 circumstances. When it is desired to place a bed of musk 

 m a conspicuous position, it may lie enriched by planting 

 some UKUe attractne flowers with it t(] which the musk 

 wdl form a groundwork. Much plants as gladioli, liliums, 

 and the scarlet Imum may, with advantage, lie planted 

 in beds i/f musk, wdiich will form a rich surface like 

 ,"-olden moss beneath their gay dowers, .ind make amends 

 for their comparative poverty of leafage. We often see a 



