Wild Flowers — Their Cultivation, Sfc. 367 
Europe, and is generally cultivated in pots. It is a perennial 
plant, growing in a simple stem from two to three feet high; 
leaves, from three to five inches long and an inch or more in 
breadth, with a long tapering base. Flowers of a bright scarlet 
color, and very showy. 
Whoever has traveled on the river road, in the months of 
August and September, from Waterford to the Borough, could 
not have failed to observe, in an open wood, on the left hand side 
of the road, about six miles from the former place, a large num- 
ber of those splendid flowers in all their native beauty. 
Although its habits are wild and is generally found in marshy 
or wet ground, and borders of rivulets, it grows readily when 
transplanted into a dry soil, if in a shady position. It is in flower 
from August to October. We once removed some of these plants 
to our garden, in the month of April, and they grew and flourished 
fkiely, producing an abundance of splendid flowers the same 
season, and w^ere much admired by all w^ho saw^ them. 
Gentian — Gentiana augustifolia, a wild flower of extreme 
beauty, w^hich grows likewise in swamps, and is worthy of culti- 
vation. Rare in this section. 
Andrews Gentian — Gentiana Andrewsi — Griseb, a biennial, 
stem simple, smooth, and rising erect from twelve to eighteen 
inches high. Leaves about three inches long, and an inch or 
more in breadth, very smooth except on the margin, which is a 
little rough. Flowers crowded in a terminal fascicle or head, 
with one or two in axils of the upper pairs of leaves. Corolla, 
about an inch and a half long, tubular, nearly closed at the orifice, 
bright blue, sometimes pale. It is found in low, moist woods, 
and flowers in September and October. We have found it 
growing on the borders of the Norman's Kill, in Bethlehem. 
Small Fringed Gentian — Gentiana De.tonsi. This species 
grows in various parts of British America; "and I have re- 
ceived," says Torry, "from Mr. Lapham, beautiful specimens 
which he collected in Wisconsin. It is found on wet limestone 
rocks, Goat Island, Niagara Falls, and near Irondequoit Mills.'* 
It is supposed to be annual or perennial. Flowers yellow at base, 
with a bright blue top, beautifully fringed like the pink. It is a 
very pretty plant and would show well in the garden. 
Prince's Pine — Chimaphilla umhelata. (From the Greek 
Chima, ivinter, and phileo, to love, in allusion to the English name, 
wintergreen.) 
This little unobtrusive evergreen plant is common in our woods, 
and it is said also to grow in the north of Europe. It is reputed 
to possess valuable medicinal qualities, and has long been used 
by the Indians as a tonic and diuretic. It is astringent and 
