Fumitory
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Fumitory (Corydalis) - A numerous family, of the Poppy order, not many important for the garden.
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Bracted Fumitory
Bracted Fumitory (Corydalis Bracteata) - A distinct kind, with yellow flowers. More erect than some other kinds, the flowers cluster together at intervals. The plant is of quite easy culture. Siberia.
Bulbous Fumitory
Bulbous Fumitory (Corydalis Bulbosa) - A compact tuberous-rooted kind, 4 inches to 6 or 7 inches high, with dull purplish flowers in April, and a solid bulbous root, quite hardy, and of easy culture in almost any soil. A pretty little plant for borders, for naturalising in open spots in woods, and also for the spring garden. It is naturalised in several parts of England, but its home is in the warmer parts of Europe.
Corydalis Cava
Corydalis Cava - One of the dwarfest race, flowering early in the year, with purplish blossoms. A prettier kind is the variety albiflora, which is similar, save the color of the flowers.
Yellow Fumitory
Yellow Fumitory (Corydalis Lutea) - Graceful masses of delicate pale green leaves dotted with spurred yellow flowers. It is pretty in borders, and grows to perfection on walls, and the tufts, when emerging from some chink in a fortress wall where rain never falls upon them, are often as full of flower as when planted in fertile soil. A naturalised plant in England. Seeds.
Noble Fumitory
Noble Fumitory (Corydalis Nobilis) - A distinct and handsome plant, 10 inches or 1 foot high; the flower-stems are stout and leafy to the top, and in summer bear a head of rich golden-yellow flowers with a small reddish point in the centre of each. It is easy of culture in warm borders, but is rather slow of increase. Division. Siberia.
Corydalis Semenovii
Corydalis Semenovii - A pretty kind from Turkestan. The yellow flowers cluster together in the upper part of the stem and assume a somewhat pendent position. The spur in this kind is very short. It flowers usually in early spring.
Corydalis Thalictrifolia
Corydalis Thalictrifolia - A charming addition to rock garden plants. One foot high, tufted, and spreading, the thin, wiry stems each carry two pairs of leaves on pedicels an inch long, and a terminal leaflet, all deeply notched. The blossoms are yellow each about an inch long. It flowers profusely from May to October. China.
Ledebour's Fumitory
Ledebours Fumitory (Corydalis Ledebouriana) - Distinct on account of its peculiar glaucous leaves, arranged in a whorl about half-way up the stem, 9 to 12 inches high. Flowers are a deep vinous purple, with pinkish spurs. It is early and hardy. Siberia.
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