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cemes and ample foliage. All flower in spring or early 

 summer. They are excellent for naturalizing in shrubberies. 

 Special beds of sandy leaf mold may be prepared for this 

 purpose. The roots are fleshy and all parts of the plants 

 are very delicate. 



Corydalis. A genus of exceedingly pretty woodland 

 flowers nearly resembling the small forms of Dicentra. 

 C. bracteata is one of the finest. The flowers are large, sul- 

 phur yellow, in bracteate racemes on single stems eight or 

 nine inches high. Leaves biternate, two to each infloresence. 

 C. cava has purple flowers and biternate leaves ; it grows 

 about six inches high. C. nobilis is a robust, very leafy 

 and floriferous kind, with pale yellow flowers in bracteate 

 racemes on leafy stems nine inches high. All thrive best 

 in shady positions in rich leaf mold. They are fine for 

 naturalizing in woods and shrubberies and may be treated 

 in the same manner as Dicentra. 



THE MUSTAED FAMILY. 



Dames Violet or Rocket, Hesperis matronalis. An old- 

 fashioned border plant with oblong-lanceolate leaves on 

 single stems two or three feet high. Flowers large, purple- 

 lilac or white in loose terminal racemes, sweet-scented. Of 

 this desirable plant there are several varieties. The night 

 violet (H. tristis) is of a similar habit, slightly smaller, with 

 reddish or dull purple flowers, which are highly perfumed 

 at night. Very attractive plants for the border or rockery 

 or for naturalizing in rich open woods, or on the border 

 of shrubberies. The first is perennial, the second biennial. 

 Both can be raised from seeds with the greatest of ease. 



