LIST OF FLOWERS. 



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American plant, with thick coarse stiff leaves, hardy, and, in 

 August, sending up a single stem upon which there come a great 

 number of white flowers covering this stem all the way up. Pro- 

 pagate by means of suckers, and plant in a somewhat sandy soil. 



426. ADONIS, pheasant's eye. — Lat. Adonis annua. An 

 annual plant, which inhabits the environs of Paris, and a great 

 part of France and Europe ,* and is generally found in fields and 

 places which are at all wet. The flower is of a deep red, and the 

 plant is straight and one or two feet high, and blossoms from July 

 to November. It sows itself, but is difficult to transplant, unless 

 done with great care and with a clod of earth at the roots. There 

 is a perennial kind which grows to about the same height as the 

 former, and blows very handsome and larger and yellow flowers. 

 It may be raised by seeds, or by dividing the roots. 



427. ALYSSUM, yellow. —l^dit. A. saxatile. A bunch of 

 brilliant yellow flowers in April and May. Plant growing and 

 blowing close to the ground ; hardy, fit for rock work, as well as 

 for borders; propagate by slips or cuttings in the autumn and 

 winter. 



428. AMARYLLIS, yeZ/ow.— Lat. Amaryllis lutea. A hardy 

 bulbous root of the south of Europe, which blows a yellow flower 

 in September ; requires no more care than that ordinarily be- 

 stowed on hardy bulbous-rooted plants, and is propagated by 

 ofl'sets which should be nursed two years in a bed appropriated 

 to them. This is the only really hardy kind of this handsome 

 tribe, so much and so justly celebrated by the ancient poets ; but 

 there are one or two others which, though none but those who 

 are curious and careful procure for themselves, are nevertheless 

 easily obtained from the florists who supply us with the choice 

 roots of hyacinth, narcissus, &c., and which I will, therefore, men- 

 tion. The Guernsey Lily. — Lat. A. sarniensis. Is a most 



beautiful autumnal flower, coming upon the summit of a slen- 

 der and elegant stem of about twelve inches high. This stem 

 is unaccompanied by leaf ; but, grouped with young seedling 

 geraniums, or any other green plants, they make an uncommonly 

 handsome appearance either in a conservatory or in a room. The 

 roots are procured from Guernsey by our florists, who import 

 them just as they are about to burst into bloom. Put them im- 

 mediately in pots having pot-sherds at the bottom, and being 

 filled with turfy loam mixed with some sand and a little peat earth. 



