. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS. favorite old white Day Lily of the gardens, is a beautiful border plant and perfectly hardy. The fine heart-shaped leaves of the Funkia are always pretty from their first sprouting until they fall; and the plants are well adapted to fill an unsightly waste place, as their habit is so cosmopolit
. The floral kingdom : its history, sentiment and poetry : A dictionary of more than three hundred plants, with the genera and families to which they belong, and the language of each illustrated with appropriate gems to poetry . Flower language; Flowers in literature. CULTIVATION AND ANALYSIS OF PLANTS. favorite old white Day Lily of the gardens, is a beautiful border plant and perfectly hardy. The fine heart-shaped leaves of the Funkia are always pretty from their first sprouting until they fall; and the plants are well adapted to fill an unsightly waste place, as their habit is so cosmopolitan that they will grow in any soil, though they are by no means indifferent to a rich one. The rich, pearly and very fragrant trumpet-shaped flower, which survives only for a day, but is promptly followed by its fellows, is a great favorite wherever known, and amply compensates for the little care it requires in cultiva- tion. In hardy and cold-enduring properties the Funkias are excelled by but few plants, enduring the winters of even our northern latitudes without injury. Grown easily out of doors, under trees or in open beds, no collection should be considered complete without them. As house plants the smaller variegated sorts are much used, and tinder such favor- able circumstances these often anticipate their season of flowering. For the embellishment of cemeteries, public parks and other places not receiving close attention, they have been found very acceptable, withstanding privation and neglect better than most cultivated plants. They are usually propagated from divisions of the roots, which grow in large masses, and are easily separated, either while the plant is dormantâthat being the best timeâor while in bloom. The method is the same as in the Dicentra. ! HENCE sprang the error that confounds the Gardenia with the Cape Jasmine it is somewhat difficult to conjecture, as they resemble each other only in the odor they emit, and even belong to different families, the
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