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LIST OF FLOWERS. 



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with downy leaves, the attraction of which is that it is a perfect 

 bouquet of musk. Treatment the same as for the others. 



532. MONARDA, Oswego tea, — Lat. M. didyma. A hardy 

 perennial from North America, growing two feet high, and blow- 

 ing a crimson flower in June, July, and August. Propagated from 

 suckers, or by sowing the seed in a hot-bed in the spring, and 

 planting out the young plants when they are five or six inches high» 

 They like a soil hght, warm, and rich, and should be moved every 



two or three years. M. Canadian. — Lat. M. Jistulosa. A hardy 



perennial of Canada, three or four feet high, blowing a pale purple 

 flower in July and August. Propagated like the Oswego tea. 



533. MONSONIA, large-flowered,- — Lat. Monsonia speciosa, 

 A handsome flower ; single, opening wide, and of a light pink. 

 Bears great affinity to the geranium in habit and character. 

 Hardy green-house plant, or, may be sheltered under frame in 

 \^inter. Propagate by cuttings plunged in tan-pit in pots. Never 

 ripens seed mth us. Perennial, grows eight or ten inches high, 

 and blows in April and May. 



534. MULLEIN, white. — Lat. Verhascum lychnitis. A hardy 

 annual plant, common in Europe, gro\Adng three or four feet high, 

 and blowing a white or yellow flower in June, July, and August. 

 Propagated by sowing the seed as soon as ripe, and does best in 



a light, diy, and sandy soil. It often sows itself. Mullein^ 



rusty.— See Blattaria. 



535. NARCISSUS. — Fr. JVarcisse. There are many sorts of 

 narcissus, of which our common daffodil is one, and I beheve 

 the only one that is not a native of the south of Europe. I shall 

 enumerate only three sorts, and shall give instructions relative to 

 the procuring of these by offsets, and relative to the blowing 

 of them in beds, in pots and in glasses. — The Paper w^hite. — 



Lat. N. papyraceus. The Jonquil. — Lat. N. Jonquilla. 



The Polyanthus Narcissus. — Lat. N. polyanthus. — These 

 are aU beautiful flowers, and ah sweet-scented ; but particularly 

 the Jonquil. The first sort is reputed for its delicate and pure 

 white. It grows to a foot and a half high, bearing two or 

 three very handsome and paper- white flowers. The second 

 for its peculiarly sw^eet scent, which is enough from only one 

 plant, to perfume a whole room. It blows a yellow flower, 

 proceeding from a slender and elegant stalls of from ten to 



