166 HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 



The Helonias. 



H. bullata is a very rare and beautiful native 

 plant, growing naturally in damp meadovs^s, and 

 thriving in cultivation in any deep, moist soil. The 

 leaves are lanceolate, radical, spreading flat on the 

 ground, evergreen. The flowers are clustered on a 

 tall spike, and are of a purplish-pink, turning green 

 as they fade. It is a flower seldom seen in cultiva- 

 tion, and finds a congenial soil in a Ehododendron- 

 bed, where it will flower freely every spring. 



The Clintonia. 



The large, shining leaves of Olintonia borealis are 

 very conspicuous in low woods. The flower is green- 

 ish, and on examination very pretty ; but the berry, 

 which is bright blue, is, after the foliage, the most 

 attractive part of the plant. 



There is no difficulty in cultivating this plant, as 

 it grows rapidly, and with us flowers more freely 

 than .in the wild state. The foliage is strikingly 

 handsome, and this alone should entitle it to culti- 

 vation. 



C. umhellata is a rarer species, with white flowers 

 speckled with green or purplish dots, which we have 

 not seen. 



The Cornus. 



C. canadensis, the " Bunch-berry " of our north- 

 ern woods, is another plant more charming in fruit 



