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flowers. It is a very pretty plant in its foliage and in 
flowers, grows freely and most profusely, scarcely anything 
surpassing it for a neat and handsome show. 
It succeeds best in soil composed of fresh loam mixed 
with leaf mould, and upon a dry subsoil, the layer of com- 
post over it about eight inches. I find that when the 
soil is much enriched, the plants have a tendency to pro- 
duce much foliage; but when grown in this compost, an 
amazing production of bloom is the result. It grows 
about eighteen inches high, and continues to bloom 
all the season. 
§. coccinea,—Scarlet Tassel-Flower, Cacalia coccinea, 
is a handsome half-hardy annual, with neat tassel-shaped, 
scarlet flowers; one and a half foot high. C. aurea isa 
variety with orange flowers. In shape and habit they are 
the same. Sow the first of May. 
SILENE,—Carcs-Fty. 
[Name from the Greek for saliva, in reference to the viscid secretion which 
covers the stems of many species.] 
Siléne Pennsylvanica.—A native species, found in dry, 
sandy soils in June, quite a handsome plant; sometimes 
called “ Wild Pink,” from its similarity in habit to some 
ofthat genus. The whole plant is viscid or glutinous; 
the flowers are light purple. 
S, Arméria.—Catch-fly.—This plant is covered with a 
glutinous moisture, from which flies, happening to light 
upon it, cannot disengage themselves. This circumstance 
has obtained it the name of Catch-fly, to which Gerarde 
adds the name of Limewort. It is a hardy and very 
common annual, found in almost every garden, producing 
umbels of pink, and a variety with white flowers. Silene 
compacta, 8. pendula, S. Schafta, S. Saxifraga are also 
handsome annual border flowers. Having the plants of 
