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Iniio- as flioy iivo niim(ilcs(c(l. Rnf wliciv shnll we fiiiil an 

 ovdinavy ^'ai-di'ii linvcler in ul\icli tliesc plants would lie safe'? 

 ilovenvei-j they are iiol showy emingli for the liovdev, exce])t 

 it he in Ihe o-nvden where such delicate little things would 

 he fully apprei'iated and never foro-otten ; in the few such 

 there ma}" 1>e a home for (>rytlironiums. 



Tlu' plaut l)rl'i)iv us has oval h'nves, lilotched willi 

 reddisli-hrown ; the llow(a-s ;ii-e liorue siuj.vh' on stiff stems ; 

 they are usualh" lio-ht ]iur]ile or lilac-ciilnui'eil, Imt there are 

 varieties with white, rose, and llesh-c(,il(iured Howers ; and 

 a variety eallrd ///////v has hiu<4'i'r leaves than llie hest 

 known form of tlii^ |ilaut. The ]iro]iaq'ation is hest accom- 

 ])lished l>\" dividini;' the clumps i'\'er\ three or four vears, 

 and re-jilantnit;' rather deeply. The hest time for this 

 o|)eration is when the lea\cs are dying down, as then the 

 hullis are most completely at rest. 



The linest of the erythroniums is /;. i/rdiiilijhiriiiii , a 

 suitahle plant for a. moist peat heil. Nearh' allied to it 

 is F.. fi/ijii tilt'ii III , a native of A aneouver^s Island — tin- 

 flowers white, with a ring (-)f hright red, the jilaut one 

 of the hardiest in oiu- gardens. These two fine species are 

 worthy of the special attention of the lover of tirst-class 

 hai'dy plants, and the\- ai-e truly hardv ; no frost hurts them, 

 and given a lied of moist peat, with sludtei- from drying 

 winds, all they further ask is to li(> let alone. 



With the yellow adder's tonoaK^ (Eri/lJirdiii ii m Jmrn- 

 riiiniiii) the case is different. it is a woodland plant, 

 with beautifid mottled lea\'es, and tlo^^-ers of a ]iale yellow 

 coloiu- that have an orchid-sort of ex])ressiou as they 

 ajipear to look over their own leaves, and sulitly invite one 

 to observe the Horal spots that in some degree dissociate 

 them from their family. This pretty plant recjuires to he 



