170 BRECK’S NEW BOOK OF FLOWERS. 
CONOCLINUM.—Mist-FLower. 
{Name derived from the conical shape of the disk, on which the florets are 
placed.) 
Conoclinum celestinum.—Sky-blue Conoclinum, Mist- 
flower.—A perennial; two feet high. This is the most 
beautiful species. It grows wild, from the Potomac to the 
Mississippi. Its flowers, produced very late in autumn, 
are of a beautiful smalt or sky-blue. The roots of this 
species are creeping, from which it is easily propagated. 
It was formerly called Hupatorium ccelestinum. 
CONVALLARIA,.—Sotomon’s SEA. 
“No flower amid the garden fairer grows 
Than the sweet Lily of the lowly vale, 
The queen of flowers.” 
Convallaria majailis.—Lily of the Valley.—An elegant 
and delicate, sweet-scented plant, which for ages has been 
a favorite flower, and highly prized. It succeeds well in 
the shade in any soil, and soon spreads itself, by its slen- 
der, creeping roots, beyond the desire of the cultivator. 
It flowers in May and June. Gerarde describes it, in his 
quaint way, thus: “The Lilly of the Vally hath many 
leaves like the smallest leaves of Water Plantaine, among 
which riseth vp a naked stalke, halfe a foot high, garnished 
with many white floures, like bels, with blunt and turned 
edges, of a strong savour, yet pleasant enoughf, which be- 
ing past, there come small, red berries, much like the ber- 
ries of asparagus, wherein the seed is contained.” That, 
which was formerly called C. racemosa, will be found un- 
der Smilacina and C. multiflora is now Polygonatum— 
which see. 
