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Brown's Persicaria. Polygonum Brunonis. Nor-i 

 thern India. Evergreen perennial ; 6 to 9 inches ; pink ; 

 summer ; division or seed. — Slopes, banks, or rocky- 

 places in any soil. 



New Zealand Persicaria. Muklenbeckia complexa. 

 New Zealand. Evergreen climbing shrub ; 2 to 4 feet ; 

 yellowish ;. summer ; cuttings.^Banks, slopes, or rocky 

 places, among twining or trailing plants. 



Siebold's Persicaria. Polygonum Sieboldii. Japan. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 4 to 6 feet ; yellowish green ; 

 summer ; division or cuttings. — Isolated specimens near 

 wood or pleasure-ground walks, but most striking in 

 the former position ; or associated with the most vigorous 

 herbaceous plants cultivated for the effect of their leaves 

 or habit. 



Whortleberry Persicaria. Polygonum vacdnifolium. 

 Northern India. Perennial; 6^ to 12 inches; pink; 

 summer ; division or cuttings.; — Banks, slopes, rocky 

 places, or margins of low shrubberies.. 



Emod's Khubarb. Pheum EmodL Nepal. Her- 

 baceous perennial ; 4 to 6 feet ; purple ; summer ; divi- 

 sion or seed. — Isolated tufts near wood-walks, or asso- 

 ciated with other noble-leaved plants. The tufts to be 

 planted in the grass a few feet or yards from the margin 

 o" a plantation, in very deep, rich soil. 



Palmate Rhubarb. Rheum palmatum. China. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 4 to 6 feet ; whitish ; summer ; 

 division or seed. — Similar positions to the preceding, and 

 associated with the Acanthuses, etc. 



Common Rhubarb. Rheum rhaponticum. Asia, 



