HYPERICUM. 199 



HYPERICUM. 



HYPERICEiE. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



French, la toute-saine [all-heal] . — Italian, androsemo ; erba rossa. 

 English, Tutsan, evidently a corruption of the French name; and 

 Park-leaves, because it is often found in parks. 



There are a great number of Hypericums, all of easy 

 culture. The following are the most generally cultivated 

 in our gardens : 



The Warted Hypericum. 'j 



* The Olympian. 



The Shinino- I ^^ these must be sheltered 



The Canary. 

 The Chinese. 



m winter. 



* Great-flowered Hypericum, 

 or Tutsan. 

 Tall Hypericum. 



The Proliferous. >• AH these are very hardy. 



Ascyron. I 



Common Tutsan, or Hyperi- ( 



cum. J 



Those marked with an asterisk may be readily increased 

 by parting the roots, in September or October. The flowers 

 are yellow, generally in bloom from July to September; 

 but the Chinese species will continue in blossom nearly all 

 the year. The earth should be kept moderately moist. 



The leaves of the Common Tutsan were formerly ap- 

 plied to fresh wounds, whence it obtained the French 

 name, la toute-saine, and our name, Tutsan. It is a na- 

 tive of this country, and most other parts of Europe. 



The Perforated Hypericum, or St. John's Wort, — in 

 French, le millepertius [the many-pierced] ; Vherhe de St. 

 Jean; letrucheran; le trescalan jaunc : in Italian, />i/a^ro; 



