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roots in a cold frame from which frost is excluded, cover- 

 ing them with a slight coating of loam, and water them. 

 They will soon begin to grow ; when they may be divided 

 into as many parts as there are shoots, and, in the latter 

 part of May, should be transplanted to the borders. They 

 are very effective in large beds, as the contrasts of the leaves 

 of the different species and their beautiful markings are very 

 fine. The flowers are red, yellow, crimson, or scarlet, in 

 long spikes. Some species grow six to eight feet long. 



C. Nepalensis^ viridiflora^ gigantea^ limhata, and Wars- 

 zewiczii are fine species. For a long list of species, with 

 height and color of flowers, see " Garden Flowers." 



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These plants, of which the best-known species is the well- 

 known D. {Dielytra) spedahilis, are hardy ornaments of the 

 herbaceous border. There are many species, mostly with 

 fleshy or bulbous roots. Some of our native species, as 

 D. cucidlaria and Canadensis, are very ornamental, and do 

 well in a shady situation, in rich soil. D. spectahilis requires 

 only the treatment of common border-plants. If, however, 

 the plants are allowed to get very large, they decay in the 



