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mortelles," which flower in August and September, and 

 quite an acquisition in the composition of winter wreaths 

 or bouquets. 



ADLTJMIA. — Climbing Fumitory. 



[A. name given by Rafinesque in lienor of Major Adlum.'] 



Adlumia cirrhosa. — Climbing Fumitory, Wood Fringe, 

 Alleghany Vine. — In the older books this plant is called 

 Corydalis fungosa y' it is an elegant, indigenous, biennial, 

 climbing vine, growing frequently, in rich ground, from 

 fifteen to thirty feet, in one season ; with pink and white 

 flowers, which are pi-oduced in abundance during the three 

 'summer months ; handsome foliage. Proj^agated from 

 seed, which should be sown in April. The first year, the 

 plant makes but little progress ; but the second year, it is 

 of more vigorous growth. The young plants will do best 

 to be transplanted where they are to remain in July and 

 August, but will bear moving in the spring, if done with 

 much care. 



ADONIS. 



[Tliis owes its classical name to Adonis, tiie favorite of Venus ; some say its 

 existence also, maintaining tliat it sprung from his blood when dying. Otliers 

 again, trace its pedigree to the tears which Venus shed upon her lover's body.] 



Adonis autumnalis. — The flowers are globular, dark 

 blood-red, not very large; it is known by the name of 

 Pheasant'' s eye^ from the resemblance it has to that bird's 

 eye. The foliage is many parted and delicate ; the flower 

 and foliage together are beautiful but not showy ; a hardy 

 annual which flowers in August and September. 



