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FLOWERS. 



nial plant,producing many beautiful flowers, much admired. 

 Propagated best by dividing the roots. 



Euphorbia lathyris — is a biennial plant, commonly 

 called the caper-tree. It is singular in its foliage, and 

 bears a small fruit useful for pickling. It is rather tender, 

 but will stand the winter very well in a common hot-bed. 

 It is raised from seed. 



Fading beauty, or morning bride — Scabiosa atropvj-- 

 purea — is an annual plant, producing beautiful flowers ; but 

 they soon fade, continuing only an hour or two. The seed 

 should be planted early in the spring. 



Fir — Pinus balsamea — is not a flowering tree, but it is a 

 beautiful evergreen, and very ornamental. 



Foxglove — Digitalis — is a biennial and perennial plant, 

 and produces very handsome flow^ers. There are several 

 species, but the purple is the most beautiful. The seed is 

 very small, and ought to be sown early in the spring, and 

 very lightly covered with earth. The plant possesses high 

 medicinal virtues. 



Fringe-tree — Chionanthes — a beautiful American shrub, 

 covered w^ith white flowers in its season. It is hardy, and 

 will grow in any soil, but flourishes best in moist ground. 



Geranium. — Pelargonium. — This plant w-ants hardiness 

 only to make it one of the finest and most vali:«ble produc- 

 tions in the floral kingdom. There are many varieties. 

 S-ome give us flower with little or no leaf ; others possess 

 beauty of leaf, as well as of flower ; some give us no fra- 

 grarxce ; but others give us the most delightful odours, and 

 in great profusion. The geranium is a native of the south 

 of Africa, and will not endure the frost. It is easily propa- 

 gated by cuttings from any part of the plant, old w^ood or 

 young, and placed in a pot. In a gTcen-house, they will 

 bloom throughout a northern winter. They are, properly, 

 green-house plants. There is one, how^ever, which is as 

 hardy as an oak tree, geranium maculatuin^ producing a blue 

 flower. It is possessed of great medicinal powers. 



Garden Angelica — Angelica archangelica — has a bold 

 appearance w^hen in flower. It is suitable for a border, and 

 very showy. It is propagated by seed. It is a perennial 



Glycine, cluster-flowering — Glycine frutescens — is a 

 perennial vine, and will extend on the side of a house or 

 wall to great length. It is much admired. The flowers 

 are variegated. Propagated by seed and from layers. 



Golden coreopsis. — Coreopsis elegans, — This is an an- 

 nual plant, and produces a profusion of splendid flowers of 



