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grace amid the chosen haunts of the sensitive 

 fern. Owing to its increased vigor the red form 

 of Canadense is preferable to the yellow, though 

 the latter is exquisitely beautiful in the color and 

 poise of its flower. Certainly the yellow form of 

 L. Canadense far surpasses any yellow form of 

 L. superbum, the latter invariably having a 

 washy appearance. 



L. Canadense rubrum is much earlier to 

 blossom than superbum. The distinction of 

 shape of flower, however superbum being quite 

 recurved in the Turk's-cap style is, perhaps, 

 more obvious than any other characteristic. I 

 find the red L. Canadense extremely protean, 

 plants of similar size occurring side by side with 

 long, rather narrow leaves, and again with short 

 and very wide leaves ; the number of leaves on a 

 whorl also being very variable, while in some 

 plants the flowers are much more nodding than 

 in others. In low, damp woods, near by where it 

 is extremely abundant and attains a very large 

 size, I have also noticed much variation in the 

 shades and spots. The largest and most dis- 

 tinctly marked flowers I have seen occurred in 

 strong plants having what might be termed vari- 

 egated foliage, the leaves in these instances be- 

 ing yellowish in tone, marked with dark-green 

 veins and blotches. Some have the back of the 



