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hare never permitted me to take a regular botanical tour in this section of 

 the country, so that I cannot speak with accuracy of its riches further than 

 of what relates to my own immediate neighbourhood ; so as you are a 

 lover of wild plants, I will, to give you some idea of what grows here, annex 

 a list of a few which I have found growing along the banks of Pine creek, in 

 less than a mile ; there are a great many more to be found in the same space, 

 but these I consider most worthy of cultivation. 



Apocynum androsmoefolium, flowers rose colored. 



Aquilegia canadensis, flowers scarlet and yellow, beautiful in cultivation. 



Cassia marilandica, yellow flowering. 



Campanula americana, flowers blue. 



Dicentra cucullaria, a delicate little plant with cream colored flowers. 



Erythronium americanum, yellow flowers. 



Geranium maculatum, flowers purple. 



Hepatica triloba, flowers purpleish, among the first of spring flowers. 



Hedyotis cerulea, very delicate little plant, producing in spring a profusion 

 of bright blue blossoms ; beautiful growing among the grass on the lawn. 



Lobelia cardinalis, flowers red, very showy. 



Lilium Philadelphicum, orange color. 



Mertensia Virginica, flowers purplish blue, very showy in cnltivation. 



Oxalis violacea, flowers violet color. 



Penstemon pubescens, light blue flowers. 



Polemonium reptans, bule flowering. 



Phlox divaricata, pale lilac flowers. 



Saponaria officinalis, flowers flesh color. 



Silene virginica, crimson flowered. 



Spigelia marilandica, a very showy plant with scarlet flowers. 



Thalictrum anemonoides, pretty little plant, flowers white. 



Vicia cracca, flowers blue and purple. 



Sanguinaria canadensis, flowers white. 



Saxifragra virginiensis, a low growing plant, flowers white. 



Si3yrinchium anceps, flowers blue. 



Etna. . 



We are glad to receive the above communication from our correspondent 

 in Alleghany County, and hope that he will imitated by the others of our 

 friends who live in the different parts of the country. 



We shall also be glad to exchange plants with any one, as we wish to col- 

 lect all the most desirable natives — especially the orchidaceous plants : these 

 are more easily cultivated than is generally supposed. We have five species 



