316 that's it; 



and died in London in 1616. 

 The fulgent lobelia, the cardinal, 

 and the splendid, are the most 

 ornamental of the group. Blue 

 and purple are the prevailing 

 colours of the flowers, but there 

 are white, pink, and yellow 

 varieties. The stems of some 

 are erect, others bent, and pros- 

 trate. The Cape of Good Hope 

 furnishes many varieties, and 

 others are derived from North 

 America, Virginia, the West 

 Indies, China, &c. 



Lupins, 14, said to be so called 

 from a wolf, because they devour, 

 as it were, the fertility of the 

 soil, are border plants, in much 

 esteem for their velvet-like leaves, 

 and fine large flowers. Blue is 



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their prevailing colour, but the 

 blossoms of some species are 

 flesh colour, white, pink, and 

 yellow. They belong to the 

 natural order leguminoso3 , in 

 which beans, peas, vetches, brooms, 



&c, are included. This order is 

 one of the most useful to man- 

 kind. Many are possessed of 

 unrivalled beauty. From one 

 member of this numerous order 

 is derived the tonquin bean, com- 

 monly employed to impart per- 

 fume to snuffs ; liquorice roots 

 are derived from another species ; 

 and numerous useful tonics, 

 juices, gums, and dyes, are 

 obtained from various kinds. 



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Marigolds, 15, are composite 

 flowers, frequently of a dark 

 velvety orange or yellow, with 

 dentated petals, bordered with a / 

 lighter colour. Many of them . 

 are double, and others single 

 flowered, and the leaves and 

 branches are of various forms. 

 Some of the flowers close on the 

 approach of rain. Most of them 

 are derived from the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Fuchsias, 16, are so named in 

 honour of Leonard Fuchs, a 

 German botanist of the sixteenth 

 century. They belong to the 

 natural order sentelacece, a group 



