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on each side: llic stalk rises luo I'ccl hiuh: lliev ai(> sleii.ier, sinootli, 

 and of a light purple colour: the leaves ovalc-lanceolaUs iiulenled, 

 near Iwo inches long, and tin-ee (luarlers of an inch i)r()ad. ot" a |)ale 

 gre(Mi on their uniler side: ihe tloui-rs are produced in shoil bunches 

 from the axils almost the w hole ienglh ; llu; lower spikes are an 

 inch long, hut the upper ones are almost round : tlie tlowers are oC 

 a l)rim>lonc colour, and appear lale in August. It is a native of 

 Canada. 



The tenth species is remarkable for its icd stalk, higher than a 

 man, with very smooth and somewhat Heshy leaves, a little ruooed at 

 the edge, continuing the whole winti-r; it Howers very late, so that 

 in the Northern countries the frost commonly prevents them from 

 opening. It is a native of North America. 



Culture. — These plants are all readily increased by slipping or 

 parting the loots, and planting them out in the autumn or winter 

 soon alter thiir stems decay, or very early in the s|)ring before thev 

 begm to .shool : but the former is llic b(.;tter season, in the places 

 where they are to grow : llu^y succeed in almost any soil or situation, 

 and alUrv.ards rcrjuireonly to i)e kept clean from weeds, and to have 

 the decayed ^ltMns cut dow n w hen they begin to decay in the autumn.' 

 ^\ lien they have increased considerably in llie roots, lh(\v should 

 always be slipped as above. 



In plantiiiL;,- out they recpiirc nmch i-ooni, as thev spread consi- 

 derably-. 



'I'liey aflord lonsiderable varitUy and ornamenl in larger borders 

 and clumps. 



