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HARDY PLANTS FOR THE 



Fig. 85. 



sentable condition than it ever assumes indoors, where it is 

 usually drawn too much. I used to protect the roots in winter 

 by placing leaves over them, and then covering all with a 

 handlight, but have seen the plant survive without this pre- 

 caution. It is, however, best to make quite sure by using 

 protection, except where the soil and climate are parti- 

 cularly favourable. 



Molopospermum cicutakium. — There is a deep-green 

 and fernlike beauty displayed profusely by some of the 

 umbelliferous family, but I have rarely met with one so 

 remarkably attractive as . this species. Many of the class, 

 while very elegant, perish quickly, get shabby indeed by 

 the end of June, and are therefore out of place in the 

 tasteful flower garden ; but this is firm in character, of a 



dark rich green, 

 stout yet spreading 

 in habit, growing 

 more than a yard 

 high, and making 

 altogether a most 

 pleasing bush. It is 

 perfectly hardy, a 

 native of Carniola, 

 easily increased by 

 seed or division, but 

 very rare just now. 

 I doubt if it is even 

 in our botanic gar- 

 dens, but hope to see 

 it in cultivation ere 

 long. 



NlCOTIANA MA- 

 CROPHYLLA. — This IS 



simply a garden name 

 for a fine large va- 

 riety of the common 

 Tobacco. As it is so 

 readily raised from 

 Nicotiana macrophylk. seed, and grows luXU- 



