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red. It is a native of Ireland. For some reason it does 
not succeed well in this country. 
SCABIOSA.—Movrnine Brive. 
(From Scabies, a skin disease, in which this plant was said to be useful.] 
Scabidsa atropurptirea.—Mourning Bride.—This is a 
handsome species, and has been cultivated as a border 
annual so long that its native country is unknown. Lin- 
neus and Miller consider it a native of India. It is some- 
times called Indian or Sweet Scabious; it is chiefly valu- 
able for its exceeding sweetness ; yet its colors are often 
extremely rich. It is sometimes of a pale purple, some- 
times so dark as to be almost black; hence, I suppose, the 
common name, “ Mourning Bride ;” but its finest hue is a 
dark mulberry red. Some of the dark varieties are ele- 
gantly tipped with white. 
8. candidissima.—An entirely new variety of Sweet 
Scabious,'and being pure white, is very desirable for a 
contrast with the other kinds in such very general 
cultivation. 
*¢ The Scabious blooms in sad array, 
A mourner in her spring.” 
The flowers are produced in heads, upon stems nearly 
two feet high, and continue to bloom from July to Octo- 
ber. A bed of Mourning Bride of the different varieties 
is very fine. 
SCHIZANTHUS. 
(From Greek words to cut, and wu flower, in allusion to the numerous divisions 
of the petals.] 
Tender annual plants, with finely cut pale-green leaves 
and terminal panicles of elegant flowers. 
Schizanthus pinn4tus.—Pinnate-leaved Schizanthus, is 
