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from August to October, or till severe frosts later in the 
season. Plants may be had at most green-houses, at 
small expense, which, put out in the border with a little 
frame to which to attach their twining leaf-stalks, will be 
loaded with its rich purple, white, rose, etc., foxglove- 
shaped flowers, every day, through the season. There 
are a number of other varieties, all handsome. The plants 
will grow from five to ten feet high. 
MEDICAGO.—Menicx. 
{A name applied to Lucerne, because it came from Greece to Media.] 
The Lucerne, Medicago sativa, is cultivated as a forage 
plant. J. lupulina, or Nonsuch, is not rare as a weed, 
and a few are cultivated on account of the curious forms 
of their curved seed-pods. The flowers are not showy. 
Those enumerated here are annuals of easy culture. 
Medic4go scutellata,—Snails. —The seed-pod is neatly 
curled so as to resemble a small snail. 
M. circindta,.—Caterpillar.—Has its pod clothed with 
short stiff hairs, and it appears very much like a green 
caterpillar. MM. intertexta, having the pod covered with 
spines, is called Hedgehog. The pods of these are some- 
times placed in dishes of salad to cause surprise to those. 
who are unacquainted with them. 
MENTZELIA. 
[Named in honor of Mentzel, a botanist of Bradenburgh.] 
Mentzélia Lindleyana.—This is generally and incor- 
rectly called Bartonia aurea in the catalogues. The name 
Bartonia, in honor of the late Doct. B.S. Barton, of Phil- 
adelphia, properly belongs to a small native annual of 
