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are succeeded by small angular capsules, willi one snnill oblong seed 

 in each, which ripens in .August. It is a native of France, about 

 Paris, and of Spain. 



The sixth species has a thick fibrous root; the stems taper, rising 

 three feet hiuh: the leaves like those of Columbine: the iiowers in 

 large ierniinaling panicles. It is a native of f^cania, Switzerland, &c. 



There arc varieties with a green stalk and white stamens, and 

 with a purple stalk and stamens. 'I'here are olher sorts that may be 

 cultivated for variety. 



Culture. — \\\ tlie sorts are readily increased by parting the roots, 

 and plaining them out in the autumn when the stems decay, or in 

 the spring before the new ones are sent forth ; the strongest where 

 they are to remain, and the weaker ones in nursery-rows for further 

 growth: they may also be raised from seeds, which shoulil be sown 

 in a bed or border in the spring; when the |3lants rise, they should 

 be kept clean, and be planted out where they are to remain, in the 

 following autumn. They aftbrd varieiy in the borders, and olher 

 parts of ornamented grounds. 



