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centre : therefore they should be taken np and divided every 

 third year. The plant seeds sparingly, but may be increased 

 largely by division. There is a white variety. The Euro- 

 pean bulbous or rather tuberous species are not very orna- 

 mental or desirable. 



THE SANGUINARIA. 



This well-known flower, the bloodroot of our woods, 

 springs from a thick, creeping root-stock. 



The flower is white, with a mass of yellow stamens in the 

 centre, and blooms in early spring ; the flower bud coming up 

 enveloped in a sheathing-leaf, which, after the fading of the 

 flower, becomes very large. The plant grows readily in the 

 border. We have a semi-double chance variety, and have 

 little doubt but that a double variety might be produced. 

 S. Canadensis is the only species. 



THE RICHARDIA, 



Formerly known as the calla, but now as B. ^thiopica : this 

 plant is one of th'e best parlor-plants we have. 



Its growth is stately ; the flower showy, fragrant, and 

 freely produced ; and it seems to defy all the injuries which 

 gas and furnace-heat inflict upon other plants. 



