. The American entomologist and botanist. them, and to a cultiva-tion of them both for purposes of ornamentand utility. Here we hope, also, to have a place where ourbotanical friends may freely record their ob-servations on any peculiar, interesting, or rareplants of their region. And for those who loveplants, and have not the time or the facilitiesneeded for looking out their names, we shallhave a column where their inquiries may beansweied. We wish for and solicit contributions, on sub-jects pertaining to this science, from all partsof our extended country. Our first etlbrts in this work may
. The American entomologist and botanist. them, and to a cultiva-tion of them both for purposes of ornamentand utility. Here we hope, also, to have a place where ourbotanical friends may freely record their ob-servations on any peculiar, interesting, or rareplants of their region. And for those who loveplants, and have not the time or the facilitiesneeded for looking out their names, we shallhave a column where their inquiries may beansweied. We wish for and solicit contributions, on sub-jects pertaining to this science, from all partsof our extended country. Our first etlbrts in this work may not equalour desire—for we labor under disadvantages—but we trust to secure a growing interest mandfor this our new enterprise. SPRINU FLOWERS. With what interest do we watch the first ap-pearance of vegetation in the spring. On warm,sunny slopes in open woods, peeping out frommasses of fallen loaves, we find the Claytoniaand Hepatica expanding their delicate petals toreceive the first genial rays of the Claytonias.[Fife. :. claytonia Viigiiiiea. These form a genus of delicate, handsomeplants, belonging to the Iortulacca family. Twospecies are found more or less plentifnlly in allthe States east of the Mississippi; they are Clai/-toiiia Virr/inica (Fig. 113) and Clai/lonia Caro-Uniana (Fig. 113), and are commonly known bythe name of Si)riiig Beauties. If we dig away the soil from the plants weshall find that they spring from small brown [Fig. lU,] tubers, buriedseveral inchesbelow the sur-face. Each tu-ber sends upfrom three toten plants,which consistof weak, slen-der stems, five^to ten inches> long, with onepair of leavesplaced oppo-site each other, and terminated by a loose raceme of flowers. The flowers are about half an inch in diameter,
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