Most elegant hardy annuals, doing well in any garden soil.The seed is sown in autumn for early flowering, and in spring for a later display. Bloom May to August. Height, 1 ft.
Flowers of little merit. The herbaceous kinds thrive incommon soil, but do best in a mixture of loam and peat. They may be increased by cuttings placed under glass. The annuals and...
The greenheart, or bibiru tree of British Guiana, furnishing bibiru bark, which is used medicinally as a tonic and febrifuge, its properties being due to the presence of an uncryst...
See "Dracocephalum."
Plant small cloves from February to April in rows 9 in. apartand 6 in. from each other in the row. Lift them when the leaves die down, dry them in the sunshine, and store in an air...
Hardy annual. Flowers used in soups.
A rich, light soil is most suitable forthe stove and greenhouse kinds, cuttings of which root freely under glass. The hardy kinds will grow in any soil, and are increased by seed....
A fine, evergreen wall shrub with holly-likeleaves, and long, pendulous scarlet and orange flowers in June. It grows best in a compost of loam, peat, and sand, with a south or west...
A very elegant and graceful species of Bent-Grass. It is ahardy annual, and is largely used for bouquets. Sow the seed in March. Height, 1 ft. to 1-1/2 ft.
This creeper is hardy andevergreen, and its flowers possess a delicious fragrance. It may be grown in loam and sandy peat or in leaf-mould with a little sand added, in a well-shelt...
A fine, hardy, dwarf plant suitablefor any soil. Its massive sprays of fine blue flowers, arranged in curious clusters, 5 to 6 in. in length, resemble much-branched slender coral.
A handsome herbaceous perennial which is quitehardy, but owing to the late period at which it flowers its blooms are liable to be cut off by frosts. It is therefore more suitable f...
See "Armeria."
The Brazilian Araucaria, which grows at great elevations. The seeds of this tree are commonly sold in the markets of Rio Janeiro as an article of food. The resinous matter which ex...
Showy plants. The tender species arewell adapted for the stove or conservatory, and are best grown in loam and peat: cuttings strike freely in sand under a glass. The half-hardy an...
The Liberian coffee, cultivated in Africa, of which country it is a native. This plant is of larger and stronger growth than the Arabian coffee plant and the fruit is larger. This...
This furnishes the fiber known as manilla hemp, and is cultivated in the Philippine Islands for this product. The finer kinds of the fiber are woven into beautiful shawls and the c...
This is a species of primrose, and is sometimes calledBear's Ear from the shape of its leaves. It succeeds best in a mixture of loam and peat, or in four parts rotten loam, two par...
This hardy perennial will grow in any soil and ripen itsseed freely. Young plants, obtained by sowing the seed early in spring, are very useful for edgings; when planted alternatel...
A pure white hardy perennial whichblooms in August. The dried leaves, powdered, produce sneezing. Any soil. Best increased by rooted off-sets. Flowers from July to September. Heigh...
The sour-sop, a native of the West Indies, which produces a fruit of considerable size, often weighing over 2 pounds. The pulp is white and has an acrid flavor, which is not disagr...
A Mexican plant, bearing large seeds containing a quantity of starch, which is separated and used as arrowroot.
The European olive, which is popularly supposed to furnish _all_ the olive oil of commerce. It is a plant of slow growth and of as slow decay. It is considered probable that trees...
This hardy, dwarf evergreen shrub is deservedly agreat favourite. It produces a wealth of flowers in large clusters. It requires to be grown in peat or good leaf-mould, and needs p...
Deciduous shrubs may be transplanted at any time during lateautumn or winter when the ground is not too wet. Evergreen shrubs may be moved either early in autumn or in April or May...
See "Convolvulus."
A rapidly growing climber, beautiful bothin flower and foliage, the former of which is pure white, produced in July in elegant racemes from 6 in. to 8 in. long. It is nearly hardy;...
A hardy perennial. Sow in August or September ina sheltered spot to stand the winter. The seed may also be sown from March to midsummer, and the plants moved in autumn to the place...
Charming hardy herbaceous plants. Succeed well in a mixtureof peat and loam or any rich soil. Increased by division of root, or by seed treated like other hardy perennials. They ar...
A stove evergreen shrub, which may be grown in any light,vegetable mould or in peat and loam, and is easily increased by suckers. It flowers in spring. Height, 3 ft.