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Culture of North American Plants. 



The 



Helonias asphodeloides, in dry sandy pine woods, New Jersey. 



Medeola virginica, in rich vegetable mould on sand, in shady woods, Mon- 

 treal. (Fig. 33. c.) 



Trillium pictum, in dry vegetable mould on sand, Montreal, 

 erectum, ? j n rich ve£?etable mou u Montreal. 



grandinorum, ) 



Epigaea repens, in vegetable mould [and sand, Halifax and Lake Simcoe. 

 Difficult to keep. Last spring I saw it flowering beautifully with 

 Mr. M'Nab, Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. (Fig. 33. d.) 



Pyrola asarifolia, in shady sphagnous swamps, Montreal. 



uniflora, in shady sphagnous swamps, Montreal, and in dry pine 



woods, New York. 



■ • maculata, in dry vegetable soil, in shady woods, Pennsyl. [Fig. 55.e.) 



umbellata, in dry vegetable soil, in shady woods, Quebec and Mon- 

 treal. 



Silene regia, in dry stiff loam in oak woods, Ohio. A beautiful plant. 

 (Fig. 55. /.) 



Lythrum verticillatum, aquatic, Montreal and New Jersey. 



Geum triflorum, in dry open situations, Belleville, N. C. 



Hudsonia ericoides, in dry sandy pine woods, New Jersey. 



Sarracenia purpurea, in sphagnous swamps, Halifax and Montreal 

 leaves should be kept full of water. (Fig. 55. g.) 



Anemone multifida, in vegetable mould in the clifts of rocks, Quebec. 



Ranunculus rhomboideus, in dry sandy soils, Lake Simcoe. 



Pothos fcetida, in marshes, N. C. (Fig. 55. h.) 



Phryma leptostachya, in rich shady woods, Quebec and Montreal. 



Verbena stricta, in dry sandy fields, Vincennes, Indiana. A beautiful species. 

 (Fig. 34. a.) 



Ruellia strepens, in stiff loamy soil, Ohio. 



n ,. a f in dry rocky woods, New York, Pennsylvania, and 



Lrerarma flava, ^ \ Indiana- Beautiful plants, but difficult to cul- 



Z q "di laria / tivate ' Half ve S etabIe mould, and sand, I think, 

 P ' L would grow them well. 



Seymeria macrophylla, in dry 

 « soil on the banks of 

 the big Miami, Ohio. 

 Bartsia coccinea, in fields and 

 dry sandy woods, N. 

 C. Beautiful, but dif- 

 ficult of cultivation. 

 Dentaria diphylla, in rich shady 



woods, Montreal. 

 Lobelia Kalmii, in moist soils 

 about the edge of 

 rivers, Montreal and 

 N. C. 



puberula, in moist 



sandy loam, Indiana. 

 . siphilitica, in marshy 



soils, N. Canada and 

 Ohio. I have seen a white variety of this. 



cardinalis, in marshy soils, Montreal, and Ohio. 



" in dry sandy loam, on the banks of the Wa- 

 bash, at Vincennes. The latter is a beauti- 

 ful plant. 



Hedysarum acuminatum, ) in dry, sandy, or gravelly woods, Montreal and 

 and several species, $ New-York. 



Petalostemum candidum, 

 : violaceum, 



