bluntish, slightly curved inwards, each having a large
pale gland, or protuberance, about half way up.
According to Pursh, the present curious species
grows in shady rocky woods, near Virginia and
Carolina, flowering in May; with us it blooms much
earlier, as our drawing was taken at the Nursery of
Mr. Knight, King’s Road, the middle of April; and
it had then been in flower a considerable time, although
the season was very backward; but it continues in
flower a longtime, as some of them are still remaining,
now, about the middle of June. It thrives best in a
peat soil, in a shady situation ; in such it was cultivated
at Mr. Knight’s Nursery, where there was a
large clump of it entirely covered with bloom; the
flowers, though not so splendid as some others, are
pretty, and very curious; and as they continue a long
time, the plant is well worthy a place in all curious
collections. It may be grown in rock-work, if in a
shady situation, and the ground should then be made
with p e a t; it is readily increased by dividing at the
root.
plaited inside, and the insertion of
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