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LIST OF FLOWERS. 



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loriim. This species expands only when the sun is hot upon it, 

 when it is a splendid red. Native of the Cape. Flowers in July j 

 readily propagated by cuttings ; requires shelter during winter. 

 Perennial, and grows three feet high. — See Mesembryan- 



THEMUM. 



485. FOXGLOVE, lesser yellow. — Lat. Digitalis parviflor a. 

 A perennial plant from Italy, two or three feet high, and blows a 

 yellow flower in June and July. Propagated from seed, and sows 



itself.^ -Large Yellow. — Lat. D. amhigua. A perennial, 



with larger flowers than the foregoing, yellow with a hue of 

 purple. Grows three feet high, flowers in the same manner and at 

 the same time the rest of the kind ; and should be treated and 



propagated in the same manner.^ Common Foxglove. — Lat. 



Digitalis purpurea. A biennial plant, found commonly in Eng- 

 land, two or three feet high, and blows a purplish red flower in 

 June, July, August aad September. There is a white variety of 

 this species ; both are very ornamental, and are propagated by 

 seeds, sown and otherwise managed, just as you do the Canterbury- 

 bell, which see. 



486. FRAXINELLA, or white Dittany. — Lat. Dictamnus 

 albus. A perennial plant, originally from the south of France, about 

 two feet high, and blow^s a white or purple flower, in June and 

 July. Propagated by sowing the seed in borders, or in pots, as 

 soon as ripe. If not sowed till the spring, it does not come up 

 till the second year. When the plants can be moved, they must be 

 put in a nursery to stay two or three yeais before being planted 

 w^here they are to b ow. When the roots are strong enough, parts 

 may be taken ofl", and it may thus be obtained with less trouble 

 than by sowing. The fraxinelia afi^ords scarcely any flower till 

 the fifth year after sowing ; but its flowers are so abundant and 

 so handsome, its leaves so rich in colour and in odour, and the 

 whole plant is so elegant, that, where you cannot procure roots, 

 it well deserves the pains and the patieiice necessary to procure it 

 from seed. It likes a good soil, and, in the winter, requires a 

 covering of litter after the stalk has died down. 



487. FRITILLARY, crown imperial. — Lat. Fritillaria im- 

 perialis. A large p ant from Persia, near three feet high, proceeding 

 from a large, nearly round, scaly bulb of nauseous smell. It blows, 

 in April, a red flower hanging downwards, like a tulip turned dow^n. 

 Another variety blows a yellow flower ; and this latter is by far 

 the handsomest. Propagate by pa i ling the offsets every two or 



