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serrated leaves. Flowers in spring, 12-20 

 in a loose panicle, outer sepals greyish, 

 inner ones dark crimson ; petals yellow, 

 forming a slipper-shaped spur, bearing a 

 fancied resemblance to a bishop's mitre. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



E. diphyllum {Aceranthus diphylhis). 

 This Japanese species is the dwarfest of 

 the genus, and rarely exceeds 3-4 in. in 

 height. The leaves have stalks 2-3 in. 

 long, with only 2 heart-shaped oval leaflets. 

 The numerous small white drooping 

 flowers appear in April and May, and have 

 spurless petals. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. macranthum {E. grandiflorum). — 

 A handsome Japanese species 10-15 in. 

 high with biternate leaves about 1 ft. long, 

 cut into 9 heart-shaped oval leaflets 2-3 in. 

 long with closely set hairy teeth. The 

 white flowers appear in late spring and 

 early summer on short racemes, and have 

 the spur of the petals deflexed. E. viola- 

 neum is a dwarf variety, with smaller violet 

 flowers. There are other forms. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. musschianum. — ^An erect compact- 

 growing species about 1 ft. high, native of 

 Japan. The leaves are temate or biternate 

 with nine heart-shaped oval leaflets 2-3 in. 

 long. The dull white blossoms ajppear in 

 May on short, close, simple racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. perralderianum. — An Algerian 

 species closely related to E. pinnatum. 

 Leaves with 3 heart-shaped oval segments 

 2-3 in. long, bright green sometimes 

 suffused with brown or dull purple. 

 Flowers bright yellow ^J in. across, the 

 petals having an erect toothed blade, and 

 an incurved strap-shaped brown spur. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. pinnatum. — A handsome, vigorous 

 Persian plant 8-24 in. high, with 3-pinnate 

 leaves 12-18 in. long, having ovate-acute 

 stalked leaflets, toothed on the margins. 

 Flowers in late spring or early summer, 

 bright golden-yellow, in loose racemes 6 in. 

 or so long. 



Culture do. as above. 



E. purpureum. — A Japanese species 

 somewhat like E. alpinum, but having 

 larger divisions to the leaves. The flowers 

 appear in May, purplish outside, brownish- 

 yellow within, and much larger than those 

 of -B. alpinum. 



Culture dc. as above. 



E. rubrura {E. alpinum, ruhrum). — 

 The native country of this species is un- 

 known. The plant is much like E. alpi- 

 rmm in habit, but is a more vigorous 

 grower. The leaves vary from biternate 

 to almost ternate, with sometimes as many 

 as 20 leaflets. Flowers over f in. across, 

 with oblong deciduous greyish sepals, and 

 inner petals bright crimson, the outer 

 petals being pale yellow tinged with red. 

 Culture dc, as above. 



DIPHYLLEIA.— A genus with only 

 one species : — 



D. cymosa {Umbrella Leaf). — A 

 pretty N. American and Japanese peren- 

 nial 12-18 in. high, with horizontal rhi- 

 zomes, from which spring pairs of large 

 roundish peltate and more or less deeply 

 lobed leaves. The white flowers appear 

 in summer and are borne in large loose 

 clusters, being eventually succeeded by 

 bluish-black berries. Each blossom con- 

 sists of 6 petaloid sepals ; 6 somewhat 

 larger flat petals ; and 6 free stamens. 



Culture and Propagation. — This in- 

 teresting plant flourishes in moist peaty 

 SOU and is thus suitable for massing in 

 front of Ehododendrons, Azaleas, Kalrnias, 

 and other peat-loving plants of the Heath 

 order. Or it may be grown near the 

 margins of lakes &c. in similar soU. It 

 may be increased in spring as growth 

 commences by dividing the rhizomatous 

 roots. 



JEFFERSONIA. — A small genus 

 containing only two species of perennial 

 herbaceous plants having radical palmi- 

 nerved leaves, mostly 2-lobed or 2-parted. 

 Flowers white, solitary, on a naked scape. 

 Sepals 4, petal-like. Petals 8, flat, larger 

 than the sepals. Stamens 8, free. Carpel 

 1. Capsule leathery. 



J. binata [J. diphylla). — A pretty her- 

 baceous plant 3-6 in. high, native of the 

 United States, with leaves deeply 2-lobed, 

 and white flowers, having the above cha- 

 racters, produced in spring. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species prefers a rather moist and shady 

 situation in the rockery or flower-border, 

 and will thrive in a soil composed of peat, 

 sand and leaf soil. It may be increased by 

 dividing the rootstocks in early autumn. 

 Seeds may also be sown at the same 

 period, or as soon as ever they are thor- 

 oughly ripe. They may be sown out of 

 doors in a prepared bed, and when the 



