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Fago^nia erotica, Cretan Fagonia, B.M. 241, an annual 

 from Candia, introduced in 1739, and flowering from June 

 to August. 



F. arabica, Arabian Fag6nia, a biennial, introduced from 

 Arabia in 1759, and flowering from June to August. 



These plants, which are void of beauty, grow in any light 

 rich soil : they are best raised in a hot-bed, and then trans- 

 planted and placed among the green-house plants. 



Melia^nthus major, great Honey-flower, B.R. 45, a 

 suffruticose or spongy-wooded stem, with large, glaucous, 

 pinnatifid leaves, and white mellifluous flowers : introduced 

 from the Cape of Good Hope in 1688, and flowering from 

 May to July. 



M. minor, small Honey-flower, B. M. 301, a plant si- 

 milar to the other, but with smaller leaves. It was intro- 

 duced from the Cape of Good Hope in 1696, and flowers in 

 August. 



These plants are showy from their large glaucous leaves : 

 they grow in any light rich soil, and are readily increased 

 by cuttings or suckers. 



RUTAXE^. 



Ru^TA chalepensis, broad-leaved African Rue, a low 

 evergreen shrub introduced from Africa in 1722, and flower- 

 ing from June to September. 



R. angustifolia, narrow-leaved African Rue, a very low 

 evergreen shrub, introduced from Africa in 1722, and flower- 

 ing from June to September. 



R. pinnata, wing-leaved Rue, a low evergreen shrub 

 from the Canaries in 1780, and flowering from March to 

 August. 



Ugly, foetid plants which grow in any dry soil, and in- 

 crease with care by cuttings or seeds. 



