DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 235 
viz.: brown, orange and brown, white-yellow, purple, 
carmine, and rich rose, variously shaded and tipped. 
H. nanum atrosanguineum.— A beautiful everlasting 
plant, with brilliant deep crimson flowers, very constant ; 
one and one-half foot high. j 
HELIOTROPIUM.—Heti0rrors. 
(The name was given by Linnzus, from Helios, the sun, and trope, a turn; 
in allusion to the flowers being turned to the sun.| 
Heliotrépium Peruvidnum.—Peruvian or Sweet Helio- 
trope, Peruvian Turnsole.—A native of Peru, whence it 
was introduced in 1757. It is an elegant and delicate 
plant, but not showy; it is chiefly admired for its fra-- 
grance. The blossom is very small, of a pale blue, often 
inclining to white; with varieties of a dark-purplish blue. 
It sheds an almond-like perfume, which has gained great 
favor. It willnot stand severe weather, and must be housed 
as soon as there is an appearance of frost. Notwith- 
standing the tenderness of the plant, it is valuable for mas- 
sing in beds. It produces an abundance of bloom through 
the summer months, and will repay any care that may be 
requisite for its treatment. Plants may be obtained from 
nurserymen in the spring, and may be preserved through 
the winter to plant out the following summer. When 
they have done flowering, the plants should be taken up 
and potted, and placed in the house, in a cool room, trim- 
ming off the young soft wood; before freezing weather, 
they must be removed to the sitting room where they will 
soon begin to throw out new leaves, and by February or 
March, produce flowers. When planted out in June, they 
should be cut down again, so as to form thick bushy 
plants. Young plants may be easily raised from cuttings, 
but as a general rule, it will be found more economical to 
