DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FLOWERS. 201 
DICENTRA. 
{From the Greek, meaning twice and spur, on account of the two spurs or 
sacs at the base of the flowers.] 
This genus has had a hard time with regard to its name. 
When first published, it was by a typographical error, 
printed Diclytra ; it was next called Dielytra, a name by 
which it goes in many of the catalogues. Several species 
which the older botanists grouped under Corydalis are 
included in this genus. 
Dicéntra spectabilis,— Showy Dicentra, Bleeding 
Heart.—This, one of the finest hardy herbaceous peren- 
nialg in cultivation, was brought from China, by Mr. For- 
tune. It is 4 plant of neat dwarf habit, when grown in 
pots, and two to three feet high, when grown in rich soil 
in the garden. The branches of the plant are most grace- 
fully curved. It is one of the most striking objects in the 
whole range of floral attraction. The foliage is of a light 
transparent green; the flowers, which are produced on 
stems in sprays, are of a bright rose pink, about the size 
of a lozenge, and are heart shaped; the corolla pearly 
white, set in frosted silver; the stalks are literally gem- 
med, with these beautiful flowers, by hundreds. To cul- 
tivate it in perfection, it must have a season of frost; let 
those for blooming in winter, be taken up early in Octo- 
ber and potted, then place them in a cold frame, and let 
the weather act on them till after Christmas; remove them 
in-doors, and they will flower in March. It is well to fill 
the frame, in autumn, with decayed leaves, in wKich 
plunge the pots to the rims. For out-door culture, for 
which it is eminently calculated, it needs not the slightest 
protection; will endure the cold of Canada, and come up 
in April, and flower splendidly in May; can be divided 
either in fall or spring. Grown in clumps, in a favored 
part of the garden, it shows to a great advantage. 
D. eximea.—Red-flowered Dicentra.—A handsome in- 
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