VALERIANA, Nat. Orel. ValerianacecB. 
The Valerian is a l;eautiful border plant that we can recommend to all lovers of flowers for 
the hardy, perennial border. There are a good many 
species of this genus, a few of them natives of Southern 
countries, tender, and only suitable for green-house cul- 
ture, but they are mostly hardy, natives of Switzerland, 
Austria, the Pyrenees and Scotch Mountains. Nothing 
can be more beautiful than the chalk cliffs of England 
when covered with Valerian, as we saw them one glorious 
July day, a few years since. The improved or garden 
varieties are beautiful, bearing large corymbs of small 
flowers, scarlet, white and red, the plant from tM'O to three feet in height. The Valerian will 
bear shade and moisture. 
WALLFLOWER, (Gheiranthus Cheiri,) Nat. Ord. Crttcifcrce. 
The Wallflower resembles the Brompton Stock in appearance, habit and necessary treatment. 
In the South of Gennany, and in England, in early spring, the 
gardens are gorgeous with Wallflowers, while the fragrance pecu- 
liar to this flower perfumes the air. By growing plants in the 
ground and transplanting to pots in the autumn, or better, by plac- 
ing the young plants in pots when taken from the seed-bed, and 
sinking the pots to the rim in earth, good plants will be secured 
for winter flowering in the house. Give a cool room, and plenty 
of water. By placing the pots in a pit or cold cellar, wath a little 
light the plants may be kept alive during the winter, and until time 
to remove to the garden. For the conservatory the Wallflower is 
desirable. While the Brompton Stocks are clear white, purple, pink, &c., all the colors o( the 
Wallflower possess more or less of yellow, the richest being deep, velvety, brownish red. 
DIGTAMNUS, Nat. Ord. Rtitacece. 
The Didamnus Fraxinella is a desirable hardy perennial with racemes of large, showy flowers 
often a foot in length. There 
are two varieties, white and 
pink. The fragrance of these 
flowers is pleasant to most 
people, being somewhat aro- 
matic or resinous. The plant 
attains a height of two or three 
feet, and the leaves being beau- 
tiful ill form and color, it is de- 
sirable in the border for a sum- 
mer hedge or screen, and for 
all decorative purposes, where 
large flowers are admissable, it 
is very useful. Seeds germi- 
DicTAMNTJs —PLANT AND FLOWER. natc freely if sown either in 
the autumn or spring, and we have never known a plant injured in the winter. Plants can be 
safely transplanted or shipped at either season. 
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