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Oxalis Bowiei {Boicie's Wood- Sorrel). — This is a robust- 

 growing species, forming bold masses of leaves 6 to 9 inches 

 high. The flowers are dark rose, in umbels, appearing in relief 

 of the foliage. It appears continuously throughout the summer, 

 suitable only for warm borders in the south of England and 

 Ireland. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



0. Deppei {Deppe's IVood- Sorrel). — This species grows about 

 6 inches high ; the leaves are divided into four large obcordate 

 leaflets ; the flowers, numerous in umbels, are dark lurid red, 

 appearing early, and continuing late in summer, under the same 

 circumstances as the last. Native of Mexico. 



0. floribunda {Aiariy-fioivered Wood- Sorrel). — This is perhaps 

 the best known of the hardier perennial species. It grows 

 from 6 to 9 inches high, producing abundance of foliage, the 

 leaflets, three in number, being broadly egg-shaped, and deeply 

 notched at the top. The flowers are rose-coloured, in many- 

 flowered umbels, and appear in early summer and continue 

 late. Native of Brazil. 



0. lasiandra ( Woolly-stamened Wood-Sorrel). — This is one of 

 the most distinct and beautiful, producing very large dark-green 

 leaves, divided into about seven oblong leaflets, widening some- 

 what upwards, and producing umbels of very numerous flowers 

 of a bright rose-colour. Flowers in early summer. Native of 

 Mexico, and adapted to culture on warm rockwork. 



0. violacea {Purplish Wood-Sorrel). — This species grows 

 about 6 inches high ; the leaves are divided into three obcor- 

 date leaflets ; the flowers, in few-flowered umbels, appear in 

 early summer, and are rosy purple. Native of N. America, and 

 more hardy perhaps than either of the foregoing. 



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There are many beautiful shrubs comprised in this family 

 adapted for culture in greenhouses, but there is only one herba- 

 ceous genus, so far as I am aware, that yields anything suffi- 

 ciently ornamental for the hardy flower-garden. Dicta??i?tus., 

 popularly known as Fj-axinella, is that genus, and it is not 

 uncommon in old-fashioned and cottage gardens, but not nearly 

 so frequent as it ought to be, considering its beauty and the 

 fine balsamic odour it gives out when rubbed or pressed. It 

 appears in gardens in two distinct colours — one red, the other 

 white ; and they are distinguished as species, but are the same 



