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are succeeded by small angular capsules, with one small oblong seed 

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

 Paris, and of Spain. 



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

 three feet high : the leaves like those of Columbine: the flowers in 



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large terminating panicles. It is a native of Scania, Switzerland, c. 



There are varieties with a green stalk and while stamens, and 

 Avith a purple stalk and stamens. There arc other sorts that may be 

 cultivated for variety. 



Culture. All the sorts are readil}' increased by parting the roots, 

 and planting 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 should be sown 

 in a bed or border in the spring; when the plants rise, they should 

 be kept clean, and be planted out Avhere they arc to remain, in the 

 following autumn. They afford variety in the borders, and other 

 parts of ornamented grounds. 



