Origin of Various Plants. 413 
South Carolina; may be easily transplanted to the garden. The 
flowers are scarlet and yellow mixed. It is very showy. 
Lupines — Lupinus perennius, an elegant and showy plant, a 
native of our dry hills, scattered over certain parts of the country 
from Canada to Florida; well worth cultivation. Three or four 
sorts have been introduced from the north west coast by Douglass. 
L. polyphyllus. The spike of elegant blueish purple flower, 
from two to thr«e feet high; continues in flower a month, common 
on our dry sandy lands, would make a fine show in a cluster or 
bed. There is another kind, bicolor, flowers white and yellow, 
and very sweet scented. Can be grown from the seed. 
Cowslip — Dodecatheon; one of our little native beauties, and 
easily cultivated; grows wild in Pennsylvania, about afoot high, 
with a large bunch of beautiful and spotted flowers; there is also 
a yellow and white A'ariety, well worthy a place in the flower 
garden. 
Coriyalis fungosa, a delicate twining plant; native of the woods 
from Canada to Pennsylvania; pretty to train on poles on the 
back of a shady border. 
Spikenard — Arabia racemosa, highly esteemed as a medicine, 
and a beautiful plant; generally full of small red berries in large 
bunches, covering the plant all over during the summer and fall 
months; a native of rocky and shady situations from Canada to 
Carolina; will grow without trouble in any part of the garden. 
Sarsapakilla — Jlrabia nudicaulis, a well known medicinal 
plant; a native plant found from Canada to Carolina, in shady, 
rocky woods; will bear cultivation very well. 
ORIGIN OF VARIOUS PLANTS. 
Celery — [Jlpium graveolens,) is a hardy biennial plant, a 
native of Great Britain, and when in its wild state, it is denomi- 
nated Smellage. 
Endfv'p — [Chicorium indivia,) a hardy annual, a native of 
China and Japan. 
Lavender — {^Lavandula pica,') a hardy shrub, a native of the 
south of Europe. 
Salsify or Oyster Plant. — {Tragopogon porif alius,) a hardy 
biennial, and a native of England. 
Onion — [Jllium cepa,) supposed to be a native of Asia. 
Parsley — {Apium petrolinum,) is a biennial, and a native of 
Sardinia. 
