FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
native, has creamy white flowers rather smaller than the last named; 
it grows by river sides, but is scarce. The other native species have very 
small flowers. 
Cultivation. There is no difficulty in the cultivation of these plants, 
provided they be planted in a moist, shady situation. 
Moisture is of more importance to them than any special kind of soil 
Given that, they will propagate themselves freely, C. pratensis in a 
peculiar and interesting manner in addition to its production of seed 
like the others. If growing on wet soil, as when it is naturally growing 
amid Sphagnum-moss, its radical leaves when spread out flat put out 
slender rootlets from the base of each leaflet, and from its axil arises a 
bud, which soon develops into a complete little plant that may be 
separated from the parent and transplanted. 
HONESTY 
Natural Order Crucifers. Genus Lunaria 
Lunaria (Latin, luna, the moon, from the shape and colour of the disk¬ 
like partition of the seed-vessel). A genus consisting of but two species 
of erect-growing herbs with branching stems and large, rough, heart- 
shaped leaves, toothed and stalked. The flowers are in terminal and 
axillary racemes, each with the four petals arranged cross-wise, and the 
two outer sepals bulging at the base. The remarkable feature of the 
genus is the extraordinary degree to which the seed-vessel ( sttiqva ) is 
compressed. It varies between oval and orbicular in outline, and when 
the valves drop off the seeds remain attached to a thin pearly membrane, 
which has earned for the plants two of their popular names, Moonwort 
and Moneywort, though they are more frequently known as Honesty. 
They are natives of Central and Southern Europe, and Western Asia. 
History. B °th species have a record of three centuries of 
cultivation in this country. Lunaria biennis appears to 
have been introduced from Sweden in 1595, and to have been followed 
in the succeeding year by L. rediviva from Germany. They have been, 
and remain, general favourites in old-fashioned gardens, more especially 
L. biennis, on account of its larger flowers and seed-vessels. 
species. . Lunaria biennis (biennial). Honesty. H to 3 feet, 
. w *th large violet-purple flowers appearing in April and 
continuing till July. The large leaves and pyramidal habit give this 
plant a handsome appearance in leaf and flower; and this is not less so 
