142 FI.ORA DOMESTICA. 



summer : the petals in the centre of the flower are par- 

 ticularly deserving of notice ; they somewhat resemble a 

 small roll of the richest purple-coloured riband." 



It is a native of Chili. It will not bear the open air in 

 this country, and in the winter must be kept in a warm in- 

 habited room ; for it is commonly treated as a stove-plant. 

 The fresh air should be admitted in the summer, and it 

 should always be kept moist. This is an elegant plant for 

 the drawing-room or study. 



FUMITOEY. 



FUMAllIA. 



FUMARIDEiE. DIADELPHIA HEXANDRIA. 



So named from a notion that it affects the eyes like smoke, or 

 rather because a bed of the common kind when in flower appears at a 

 distance Uke a dense smoke. — French, fumiterre ; the common species 

 by the villagers is called coridalo. 



The Red Canadian Fumitory is a handsome plant with 

 large flowers. The Evergreen Fumitory has purple 

 flowers, which bloom all the summer: it is a native of 

 North America. They may be sown in the autumn ; two 

 or three seeds in a pot eight inches wide ; and watered 

 occasionally in dry weather. The Naked-stalked Fumi- 

 tory, a native of Canada, has white and yellow blossoms, 

 and may be increased by offsets from the roots, which 

 should be planted in the autumn when the leaves have 

 decayed. 



The Great-flowered Siberian, with white and yellow 

 flowers; blowing in May: and the Bulbous Fumitory, 

 with purple, blush-coloured, or white flowers, may also 

 be increased by offsets. The time to transplant these is 

 between May and August (inclusive), as the leaves die off. 



