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PBACTIGAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS dicentea 



X. FUMARIACEiE— Fumitory Order 



Annual or perennial herbs with brittle stems and a watery juice. Leaves 

 usually alternate, much-divided, often with tendrils. Flowers irregular, 

 purple, white or yellow. Sepals 2, small, scale-like, deciduous. Petals 4, in 

 two usually dissimilar pairs. Stamens 4 distinct (in British species 6), hypo- 

 gynous, in 2 bundles (diadelphous) opposite the 2 outer petals, one of which 

 is usually furnished with a spur, rarely all separate. IVuit either an 

 indehiscent 1- or 2-seeded nut, or a 2-valved or succulent indehiscent many- 

 seeded capsule. 



The irregular flowers chiefly distinguish the Fumitory Order from the 

 Poppy Order. 



HYPECOUM. — A small genus of 

 glaucous annual herbs with leaves much 

 cut into linear segments. Flowers 

 white or yellow, with 2 small narrow 

 sepals, and 4 spreading petals, the outer 

 ones flat or slightly concave at the base. 

 Stamens 4, opposite the petals. 



H. procumbens. — A native of South 

 Europe, about 1 ft. high, with finely cut 

 glaucous leaves, and bright yellow flowers 

 in summer. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species will grow in any good garden soil, 

 and may be raised from seeds sown in the 

 open in spring, for flowering in summer, 

 or in autumn for earlier flowering the 

 following year. 



DICENTRA (Diblytra; Diclytea). 

 Lyeb Flower ; Bleeding Heart. — 

 A genus of very ornamental, erect, 

 diffnse, or climbing perennial herbs, with 

 tuberous, horizontal, or fibrous roots, and 

 much-cut, stalked leaves. Flowers in 

 terminal racemes, rose, pink, or yellow. 

 Sepals 2, scale-like. Petals 4, connivent, 

 the 2 outer ones concave, saccate, or 

 spurred at the base. Stamens 6, in two 

 bundles opposite the outer petals. 



Culture and Propagation. — The 

 Dicentras thrive in a rich loamy soil, and 

 are lovely plants for the border. They 

 may be increased by dividing the root- 

 stocks in early autumn or spring. 

 Indeed this is the usual method of propa- 

 gation. Cuttings may also be made of the 

 fleshy roots, placed in sand and kept in a 

 cold frame. Seeds may be sown as soon 

 as ripe, or in spring in light sandy soil in 

 cold frames. The young plants require to 

 be pricked out and grown on mitil large 



enough for transferring to the open border 

 in autumn or spring. 



D. canadensis. — A North American 

 species about 6 in. high, with glaucous 

 finely cut leaves. The white flowers 

 appear in May, having 2 short blunt 

 spurs. 



Culture dc. as above. 



D. chiysantha. — A Califomian plant 

 with rather stiff stems 3-5 ft. high, and 

 very finely out glaucous foliage. The 

 long erect branching racemes of bright 

 yellow flowers appear in August and 

 September. 



Culture cBc. as above. This species 

 may be raised from seed, and should be 

 planted in a warm sheltered spot. In cold 

 localities it is desirable to cover the roots 

 in severe winters with a little bracken or 

 dry leaves &e. 



D. Cucullaria (Dutchman's Breeches). 

 A curious and not particularly beautiful 

 dwarf species 3-6 in. high, native of the 

 United States. It has smooth, slender, 

 3-ternate leaves, and produces its white, 

 yeUow-tipped flowers having 2 straight 

 spurs in spring. 



Culture dc. as above. 



D. eximia {Fumaria eximia). — This 

 beautiful perennial grows wild in the 

 rooky clefts of the mountains of Virginia 

 and N. Carolina. It is about 9-18 in. 

 high, with divided leaves, and has com- 

 pound racemes of drooping reddish- 

 purple flowers in spring and summer and 

 sometimes also in autumn. 



Culture dc. as above. 



D. formosa (Fumaria formosa). — A 

 North American species, about 6 in. high. 



