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SHRUBBERIES AND FLOWER-GADENS. [CIIAP. 



water till they begin to put forth shoots for flowering, and a very 

 poor sandy or gravelly soil. This one grows very near the ground 

 and, from July to November, blows elegant flowers, white at the 

 base, and of a fine rose colour towards the upper part of the 

 petals. There is also the Violet-coloured, Lat. M. viGlaceum ; 

 the Two-coloured, Lat. M, hicolor ; the Showy, Lat. M. 

 spectabile ; and many other equally worthy of a place in the green- 

 house, for it does require a green-house to keep them in. Propagate 

 these plants, by taking off small bits of their shoots, which after 

 remaining a few hours to suffer the wound to dry, should be planted 

 under a hand-glass in sandy loam. They will take immediately. 



529. MIGNONETTE.— Lat. Reseda odorata. An Egyptian 

 plant, which is perennial in its native country, but which with us 

 is no more than an exceedingly sweet-scented annual. It should 

 be sowed thinly, and two or three plants are enough in one place. 

 Being kept in a green-house, it may be made to hve through two 

 or three winters, when it becomes woody, and resembles the form 

 and size that it attains in its native country. Propagated by 

 seed, which it ripens abundantly in almost any situation, and it 

 blows aU through the summer, a httle flower of greenish hue. 



530. MICHAELMiVS DiVISY. — Lat. Aster tradescanti. A 

 very late, very hardy, and very showy perennial plant, hking moist 

 situations best, growing to between two and three feet high, and 

 bearing an immense number of blossoms in September, October, 

 and November, something lilce the common daisy, only larger. 

 Propagated by sowing the seed, or, more easily, by parting the 



roots in spring. The Showy. — Lat. A. spectabilis. Grows 



two feet high, blows a ver}^ pretty blue flower resembling the 



forementioned in form and stature. Makes a very pretty show. 



Catesby^s. — Lat. A grandiflorus. Grows two feet high, blows, 

 in October and November, a handsome yeUow flower, smelhng of 

 citron ; the flower being larger than those of the two former. 

 They all like the same sort of soil. 



531. MONKEY-FLOWER.— Lat. ilfmwZw5 luteus, Avery 

 pretty little hardy perennial, not difficult as to situation, but very 

 fond of moist soil and situation. Propagated by cuttings put under 

 a hand-glass which striivc soon. Grows eight inches to a foot high. 

 — M. rose-coloured, — Lat. M, roseus. Another variety, not quite 

 so showy as the last, but very pretty, and to be treated in the same 

 way. There is also the Musk-monhey -flower, a very small variety 



