it is probable that it will not suffer even from the cold of 
winter. 
According to Siebold it inhabits damp woods, on the edges 
of rivulets, on a mountain called Kifune, near the city of 
Miako, in Japan. The same author tells us, that it is much 
cultivated by the Japanese, for the sake of its beautiful 
purple blossoms. Many find it prefer a moist loamy soil. 
It is usually propagated in Japan by offsets, for its seeds 
rarely ripen. M. Siebold adds, that it grows at considera- 
ble elevations on the mountains of the centre of Japan, 
whence he infers that it will bear even a continental winter. 
