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Viola pedata — made repeated trials, and as frequently failed. I think 

 it will not succeed in cultivated grounds. It would probably do better, in 

 sward land. 



Cassia cham^crista — foliage and size of the plant much increased ; 

 flowers not so noticeably improved. 



CoRTTDALis GLAUCA — much improvcd ; the plant and foliage larger and 

 finer. The flowers exhibited less improvement. The plants seed and 

 vegetate the following spring spontaneously. 



Epig-ea repens — a failure. Think it, like the Gaultheria procumbens, 

 partially parasitic. 



Ctpripedium acaule — met with no success. 



Mtorotis palustris? — will succeed finely if transplanted near run- 

 ning water. Have seen beautiful patches, keeping company with Carda- 

 mine Pennsylvanica, blossoming while the water in which they were growing 

 was frozen. Easily naturalized. Seeds were brought from the Fontaine- 

 bleau forests in France, and planted near a small brook, down which, from 

 year to year, the plants have been making their way, the shallow places of 

 its bed being literally covered with dense masses of almost perennial foliage 

 and bloom. 



Viola cucullata — flourishes finely, and foliage much increased in 

 size. May be raised in great perfection in pots, either in the sitting-room 

 or greenhouse. 



Aster cordifolius — very much improved ; cymes of flowers quad- 

 rupled in size. Increases in vigor from year to year. 



I have met with no plant from the natural order Compositse that has not 

 succeeded well when transplanted and cultivated. 



