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HYPEKICUM. 



HYPERICE^E. POLYADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



French, la toute-saine [all-heal]. Italian, androsemo; erba rossa. 

 English, Tutsan, evidently a corruption of the French name ; and 

 Park-leaves, because it is often found in parks. 



THERE are a great number of Hypericums, all of easy 

 culture. The following are the most generally cultivated 

 in our gardens : 



The Warted Hypericum. ^ 



* The Olympian. 



The Shining. \ ^ these must be sheltered 



The Canary. in winter. 



The Chinese. j 



* Great-flowered Hypericum, 



or Tutsan. 



Tall Hypericum. 



The Proliferous. 



Ascyron. 



Common Tutsan, or Hyperi- 

 cum. 



- All these are very hardy. 



Those marked with an asterisk may be readily increased 

 by parting the roots, in September or October. The flowers 

 are yellow, generally in bloom from July to September; 

 but the Chinese species will continue in blossom nearly all 

 the year. The earth should be kept moderately moist. 



The leaves of the Common Tutsan were formerly ap- 

 plied to fresh wounds, whence it obtained the French 

 name, la toute-saine, and our name, Tutsan. It is a na- 

 tive of this country, and most other parts of Europe. 



The Perforated Hypericum, or St. John's Wort, in 

 French, le millepertius [the many-pierced] ; Fherbe de St. 

 Jean; letrucheran; le trescalanjaune : i 



