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it blows near the ground, it should have a place in the front part 

 of the border. 



539. ONOSMA,/iGiry.— Lat. O. echioides. A hardy perennial 

 plant fi'om the south of Europe, about a foot high, and blows a 

 yellow flower in May. Propagated by seed sown in the open 

 eai'th. Likes a diy soil ; and^. though hardy, hkes a httle cover- 

 ing in veiy severe weather. 



540. ORPINE^ evergreen. — lu^i. Sedum anacampseros. Blows 

 in July and August a tuft of light pink flowers. One of the suc- 

 culent-leaved tribe : but quite hai'dy. thming well on rock-work 

 and old walls. Propagate by cuttmgs or parting roots in autumn. 

 Grows ten inches high. 



541. OX-EYE. the great. — Lat. Adonis verncdis. A shovry 

 yellow broad flower opening full to the noon-day sun eai4y in 

 spiing. Hai'dy. Propagate by parting roots or by seed. Grows 

 four inches high. 



542. PALMA CHRIST!.— Lat. i?zcz/z?/.? comravnis. A tender 

 biennial plant fi'om India, fi'om five to seven feet high. Blows in 

 July and August. Propagated by seed sown in a hot-bed. When 

 the plants are five or six inches high, they should be planted 

 where they are to grow. This plant is annual in the open 

 ground, but, when put into a green-house, it lasts fotu or iive 

 years. 



543. VXS%X.orhearfs-ease. — Lat. Viola hispida. A hai'dy pe- 

 rennial plant, veiy common in Em-ope, which blows a blue flower 



almost the whole of the year. Paxsy. — Lat. Viola grandiflora. 



A hardy perennial, common in most parts of Eiu^ope, eight or ten 

 inches high, and blows, all the simimer, a yellow and xiolel tlower. 

 These are propagated by seed, which ripens abimdantly. as well 

 as by separating their roots. Likes rich earth and partial shade. 



544. PEA, the everlasting. — Lat. Lathyrus latif alius. A peren- 

 nial plant from Provence. It is four or five feet high, and m July 

 and August blows very beautiful bunches of rose-colomed tlowers. 

 Sow in beds and transplant to where the plants are to blow, or 

 sow where they are to remain, but take care to have sticks, or 



lattice-work high enough to train them upon. Pea, tJietuher- 



ous. — Lat. Z. tuherosus. A small crimson perennial pea, very 

 troublesome to the husbandman of the south of France, and of 

 Gennany, where it is what the birdseed is in England. It has 

 creeping roots, knotty and tuberous, simikir in appearance to the 



