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a sunny greenhouse, and provided it obtains water enough, 

 is pretty sure to flower finely. We have never seen an 

 aphis or any other insect enemy upon the plant, and we 

 found it a very easy matter to produce great specimens in 

 ten and twelve inch pots, although tho most useful plants 

 are those that make a bountiful head of bloom in pots 

 of seven to nine inches diameter. The soil that suits 

 fuchsias is the best for dielytras, and nearly the same 

 treatment throughout will suit both those plants; con- 

 sequently they may with advantage be grown together. 



A nearly allied plant of great beauty is Dielytra 

 eximia, which has fern-like leafage of a brilliant golden- 

 green colour, and elegant racemes of purplish-red flowers. 

 This also is worthy of pot-culture, and is invaluable for 

 the front of a rockery. Dielytra ekrysantAa is a fine 

 border-plant producing yellow flowers. A more humble 

 but pleasing little plant is Dielytra cucullaria, which 

 should be planted in a sheltered shady nook of the 

 rockery ; it forms a cushion-like tuft, which during summer 

 is covered with racemes of small white flowers. In 

 searching for any of these in a trade list, it will be well to 

 bear in mind that they are often entered under the name 

 Dicentra, and occasionally under Fumaria. They are all 

 fume-worts, and allied to our gay garden flower, the 

 yellow corydalis [Fumaria lutea), which delights to run 

 over an old wall and adorn it with tufts of golden 

 fringe. 



The annual and biennial kinds of corydalis and fumaria 

 are but little known, but they well deserve the attention 

 of amateurs. The seeds may be sown in autumn or spring, 

 and if the clumps are severely thinned, a good growth and 

 an abundant bloom will be ensured. They are especially 



