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1759, having been found growing in the shady 



thickets of Carolina and Virginia, which should in- 

 struct us to plant it in the shade of our shrubbery 

 grounds, where the earth is light and moist. The 

 leaves of this plants are curiously piebald or mottled 

 ■with two greens, the calyx-leaves are streaked with 

 a reddish purple, and the petals are of a dark claret 

 colour. It flowers in April and May, and rises 

 from six to nine inches from the ground. The root 

 is a perennial tuber which increases but slowly, and 

 from this cause it remains rare in the garden, 

 although it is easily raised from seed, if sown soon 

 after it is ripe in a shady border, or amongst shrubs 

 where the soil is moist and light. 



