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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



species are yellow, blooming' from August to 

 October. Grows in grassy swamps in 

 Cayuga, Haldimand County, and in Maiden, 

 Essex County. (Maclagan.) 



In growing- the following, which, save one, 

 are annuals, or at most biennials, it will be 

 necessary when gathering the seed, or be- 

 fore, to make careful note of the plants 

 growing within reach of their roots, and to 

 either secure seed of all of them or to trans- 

 plant them to the border, so that the roots 

 of the Parasite growing from the seed may 

 have no difficulty in finding very soon the 

 roots of the host. 



Castilleia Coccinea, Sprengel. Scarlet 

 Painted-Cup. This very showy scarlet- 

 bracted annual or biennial grows in warm, 

 sandy soil, from Belleville, Hastings County, 

 to the Detroit River, and is in flower from 

 May to July. Mrs. Traill in her studies of 

 " Plant Life in Canada," says of it : " The 

 whole plant is a glow of scarlet, varying- 

 from pale flame color to the most vivid Ver- 

 million." It used to be abundant on the 

 banks of the Humber River, near Toronto, 

 but it is gone ; the beauty of it caused every 



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Fig. 1921 — Scarlet Painted Cup. 



one to pluck it ; so 

 no seed could ripen. ^W / ^ 

 Thus it is with ] , 

 many of our wild 

 wood beauties ; 

 they are fast dis- 

 appearing-. 



See Fig. 192 1, 

 showing stem leaf 

 and a separated 

 flower. 



Castilleia Acu- 

 minata Sprengel. 

 Lance -leaved 

 Painted-Cup. This 

 is perennial, the 

 bracts are yellow- 

 ish or greenish, -c^, , tt. ^„ t:.^ c^,^^r„ 

 =• ' Fig. 1922-Falsk Fox Glove 



white or purple, 



and is in bloom from June to August. It 

 grows in moist soil on Michipicotin Island, 

 and at the Hudson Bay Post, entrance to 

 Nipigon River, Lake Superior. (Macoun.) 



Dasystoma Pedicularia, Bentham. 

 Fern-leaved False Fox-Glove. A beautiful 

 plant, both in foliage and flower ; its 

 numerous orange-tipped, half-opened buds, 

 profusely scattered among the fully open, 

 rich yellow blossoms give to it a very at- 

 tractive appearance. It is yet abundant in 

 the dry, light soil of the wooded banks of 

 the Humber River, near Toronto ; where it 

 may be found in bloom in the month of 

 August. Reported at the Niagara River and 

 Burford Plains, Brant County. 



See Fig. 3, an outline sketch of one side 

 of a branch, showing an open flower and 

 leaves. 



Dasyttoma Virginica, Britton. Smooth 

 False Fox-Glove. Is usually to be found in 

 company with the species above named ; it 

 is of a more robust habit, foliage reminding 

 one of that of the oak, hence the name given 

 to it by Pursh, " Oakleaved." The flowers 

 are large, an inch and a half to two inches 



