\\r.\10\r. THALTCTROIDES. 



Native of North America, growing from 

 Canada to Virginia. It was cultivated by 

 Miller in 1768, and was known to Plukenet, 

 who has given a small figure of it PI. 106. 



It is a slender and delicate little plant, 

 and flowers with us in April and May. 

 It is hardy enough to bear the winter 

 without protection, but requires a little 

 shelter in our sharp springs to bring it into 

 fine flower, which is the case with many of 

 the American phnta.' It may be increased 

 hy offsets, and should be planted in a 

 mixture of peat earth and loam, either in 



