HYPERICUM KALMIA'NUM, 
KALMJA-LEAVED ST. JOHN’S-WORT. 
Class. Order. 
POLYADELPHIA. POLYANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
HYPERICINE52. 
Native of 
Height, j 
I Flowers in 
Duration. 
Cultivated 
N. America. 
18 inches. 
June, July. 
Perennial. 
in 1759. 
No. 194. 
The Greek term, hypericon, having been esta- 
blished about the time of the Christian era, it is not 
remarkable if the exact meaning which was first 
attached to it, should not, in the present day, be 
clearly understood. It is admitted to have origina- 
ted in the Greek word hyper, above; and eikon, 
an image, or spectre; and as some say, from having 
been used to decorate idols; whilst others imagine, 
from its supposed power over evil spirits. 
The Hypericum Kalmianum may be recommended 
as a hardy gay-flowering little shrub, well suited for 
planting with the various species of Daphne, Ledum, 
Kalmia, Andromeda, and others of like size and 
habits, in the foreground of the shrubbery. Or, it 
may have a place in the mixed flower garden, 
amongst herbaceous plants; but the luxuriant sorts 
should not be permitted to overgrow it 
It succeeds extremely well in a light loamy soil; 
and will grow in peat, but less freely. As the old 
wood, from the root upwards, produces numerous 
young shoots, these may be planted under a hand- 
glass for increase. Or the lower branches may be 
conveniently laid, and they will make root 
Miller’s Diet. 
