A warm position and adeep, rich, well-drained soil are needed for this flower. It may be propagated by cutting the roots into pieces 5 or 6 in. long, and dibbling them into light s...
See "Brachycome."
Fine for dry, sandy soils.
Any good soil suits these pretty shrubs. F. Suspensathrives best under greenhouse treatment, but F. Viridissima is quite hardy. The former flowers in March, the latter in February....
See "Mesembryanthemum."
See "Antirrhinum."
A hardy evergreen shrub which willgrow in any soil, and is propagated by seeds. It flowers in August. Height, 6 ft.
See "Abies."
This is sometimes called South Sea arrowroot. The tubers contain a great amount of starch, which is obtained by rasping them and macerating four or five days in water, when the fec...
The silver wattle tree of Australia. The bark is used for tanning purposes. It is hardy South.
A beautiful and somewhat singular wall shrub,with large yellow flowers. Any soil is suitable for it, but a south or west aspect is indispensable.
See "Stocks."
The peppermint tree, a native of Tasmania. It produces a thin, transparent oil possessed of a pungent odor resembling oil of lemons, and tasting like camphor, which has great solve...
Commonly called the Turk's Cap cactus, from the flowering portion on the top of the plant being of a cylindrical form and red color, like a fez cap. Notwithstanding that they grow...
A pretty dwarf perennial rock-plant bearingpale blue flowers in May and June. It is hardy, thrives in light, sandy soil, and is increased by either seeds or cuttings planted in san...
Grown chieflyfor its foliage and berries, this hardy herbaceous perennial forms a pleasing spectacle when planted in moist soil under trees; it likewise makes a splendid pot-plant....
See "Achillea."
Drainage may be considered as the chief means of success inthe cultivation of these showy spring flowers. The soil they like best is well-rotted turf cut from pasture land and mixe...
A hardy climbingplant, attaining a height of 20 or 30 ft. in a very short period. The foliage is small, but very dense and of a dark green, the flowers being white. It may be raise...
A small tree of the Cape of Good Hope and Australia. It bears a globular fruit of the size of a small peach, and is known in Australia as the native peach. It has an edible nut, ca...
The ice plant, so called in consequence of every part of the plant being covered with small watery pustules, which glisten in the sun like fragments of ice. Large quantities of thi...
The date palm, very extensively grown for its fruit, which affords the principal food for a large portion of the inhabitants of Africa, Asia, and southern Europe, and likewise of t...
This twining shrub yields the pepper of commerce. It is cultivated in the East and West Indies, Java, etc., the Malabar being held in the highest esteem. The fruit when ripe is of...
This plant affords the celebrated patchouli perfume. The peculiar odor of patchouli is disagreeable to some, but is very popular with many persons. The odoriferous part of the plan...
This is supposed to be the plant that produced the mustard seed spoken of in the Scriptures.
This plant yields _Mexican_ sarsaparilla, so called to distinguish it from the many other kinds of this drug. The plant is a climber, similar to the smilax of our woods.
To destroy insects on plants wash the plant withTobacco-Water (which see). Or put 1 oz. of quassia chips in a muslin bag, pour on some boiling water, and make it up to I gallon; di...
The lime, which is used for the same purposes as the lemon, and by some preferred, the juice being considered more wholesome and the acid more agreeable. There are several varietie...
A native of the Southern States. The leaves are said to be poisonous; hence, the plant is sometimes called poison bag. The bark has been used as a substitute for cascarilla.
A plant known throughout Australia as Captain Cook's tea tree, from the circumstance that, on the first landing of this navigator in that country, he employed a decoction of the le...