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n^'ure of the coiiinion GuiWcr Rose, and like 

 ihM almost euiirely composed of radiated abor- 

 tive llowcrs, of a 'beaiititul rose-colour, inodo- 

 rous, iireen when young as well as in decay : the 

 flower^stalks are variously subdivided, smooth, 

 sometimes hairv : paiiial ones of a deep rose- 

 coluur, roundi/h. It is much valued on ac- 

 count of the great profusion of its elegant 

 flowers. It is commonly cultivated m the gar- 

 dens of China and .Taiwan. 



Culture.— The first is increased by slipping 

 or parting the roots in the early autumn, and 

 jilantme them out where the plants are to grow. 

 It suecreds best in a moist soil, and lequir^s no 

 irouble but being kept *rcc from we.ds, by dig- 

 ••jinsr the croiaurabmit it m the winter. When 

 rbe'stems' are destroyed in severe frosts, new 

 ones are put forth in the ensuing spring. 



The second sort is easily increased liy plant- 

 inc: cuttings of the young shoots, in pots of rich 

 ioamv earth, in the spring, plunging them in a 

 moderate h«t-bcd. When they have stricken 

 "ood root, they sliould be removed with balls of 

 earth about their roots into separate pots, and 

 be placed in the green-house. 



Thouch this plant is capable of standing the 

 openairln mild winters, in warm di->' situations, 

 it does not flower so well as in the green-house. 

 Superiluous plants should therefore only be em- 

 ploved in this way. 



These are ornamental plants ; the former in 

 the fronts of the clumps and borders, and the 

 latter among green-house collections and other 

 potted plants, where it produces a fine appear- 

 ance. 



HYDRASTIS, a genus affording a hsrdy 

 pereunial plant. 



It belongs to the class and order Polyandna 

 Poh/gt/nia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 RaniniculacL'ce. 



The characters are : that there is no calyx : 

 the corolla has three petals, ovate, regular : the 

 stamina have numerous filaments, linear, com- 

 pressed, a little shorter than the corolla : anthers 

 compressed, blunt : the pislillum has numerous 

 germs, ovate, collected into an ovate head : 

 styles very sliDil : stigmas broadish, compress- 

 ed : the periearpium is a berry, com]K)undLd of 

 oblong acini, or granulations: seeds solitary, 

 oblong. 



The species is H. CcQiadcnsh, Canadian 

 Yellow-root 



It has the root composed of thick fleshy tu- 

 bers, of a deep yellow colour within, but cover- 

 ed by a brown skin, sending out libi\;s from se- 

 veral parts in the spiing: it sends up one or 

 two stalks about nine inches high, at their first 

 a))pcaraucc of a light green, but afterwards 



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chaneing to a purplish colour, and hairv towards 

 the top. Each stalk has one or tw.; leaves, the 

 lower pciloled, but the upper embracing ; they 

 are six or seven inches in diameter, and are 

 deeply cut into three, tour, or five lobes, which 

 arc irregularly serrate ; they arc of a light green 

 in the spring, but change afterwards to a deep 

 oreen, with some dark spots or marks, and after 

 The flower is decayed turn to a purplish colour. 

 The stalk is terminated by one flower, which is 

 white, and of very short duration, seldom con- 

 tinuing above three or four hours after it is ex- 

 panded. The fruit is red and succulent. It is 

 a • native of Canada, flowering in May and 

 June. 



Culture. — This plant may be increased by 

 sovvinc the seed, as soon as the fruit is well ri- 

 pened, in pots of pretty strong earth, protecting 

 them from frost during the winter, and in the 

 spring, when the plants appear, setting them in 

 a shady situation till the autumn, when they 

 may be planted where they are to remain. 



It succeeds best in a moist shady situation, 

 where It IS not disturbed. 



These plants serve to afford variety in such 

 situations. 



HYMENJ5A, a genus containing a plant of 

 the stove exotic kind. 



It belongs to the class and order Decandria 

 Monogyniu, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Lomentacecc. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leaFed perianthium, coriaceous : tube short, 

 turbinaie, compressed, permanent, with an ob- 

 lique mouth : limb five- parted, almoKt regular, 

 upright, deciduous : segments ovate, blunt: two 

 opposite flattish, a little broader : two others 

 concave, with one side narrower: the corolla 

 five-petalled, inserted into the neck of the ca- 

 lyx, sub-papilionaeeous, with the petals almost 

 equal : banner, the two uppermost petals, ob- 

 liquely ovate, obtuse, sessile, at the upper con- 

 cave segment of the calyx : wings, two petals, 

 similar^ lateral, a little narrower : keel, the low- 

 est petal, channelled and excavated, approxi- 

 mating to the wings, within the lower hollow 

 segment of the calyx : the stamina have ten 

 distinct filaments, awl-shaped, erect, bent down 

 above the middle, very long, between the keel 

 and the wings, inserted into the neck of the ca- 

 lyx : anthers linear, lixed by the back : the pis- 

 tillum is a germ, sabre-shaped, compressed, pe- 

 dicelled : style very long, bristle-shaped, bcnl 

 down: stigma thickened, obliquely truncate: 

 the pericarpiuni is a woody legume, very large, 

 ovate-oblong, obtuse, one-celled, filled with fa- 

 rinaceous pulp: the seeds several (four to eight, 

 ]arge)j ovate, wrapped up in pollen and fibres. 



