FUMITORY FAMILY 



lar in type to those of canadensis, but coarser. The subter- 

 ranean shoots are scaly. The flowers are borne in compound 

 racemes, are rose-pink, the corolla ob- 

 long, heart-shaped at base, the crest of 

 the inner petals projecting. Blooms 

 throughout the summer. 



Dicentra formdsa is a plant of nor- 

 thern California and is the species 

 oftenest named in the florists' lists. Its 

 leaves are similar to those of canadensis 

 but coarser. The flowers are bom^ in 

 compound racemes, rose-pink, the cor- 

 olla oblong, heart-shaped at base, the 

 crest of the inner petals scarcely pro- 

 truding. To an amateur it would seem 

 that the two are simply an Eastern and 

 a Western form of the same species. It 

 is evident that the species are confused by the trade, which cer- 

 tainly is not surprising. 



DicetUra formbsa 



ADLUMIA. CLIMBING FUMITORY. ALLEGHANY VINE 



Adlumia cirrhdsa. 



Named for John Adlum, one of the first horticulturists in this 

 country. 



A delicate vine found in low, shady grounds, and climbing over bushes 

 to a height of eight or ten feet by means of the slender young leaf stalks. 

 Sometimes cultivated. Summer. Biennial. 



Stem. — Weak, slender, delicate, climbing. 



Leaves. — Very compound, delicate, pale-green, with climbing leaf 

 stalks. 

 Flowers. — In loose clusters of three to six, flesh-colored or pink. 

 Sepals. — ^Two, scale-like. 



Petals, — United into one slender heart-shaped body about an inch 

 long, 



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