198 FLORA HISTORICA. 



being kept out of the ground be3^ond the course 

 allotted by nature, lose a part of their natural 

 properties, as we shall notice more fully under 

 the head of the Carnation Poppy. 



The Great Yellow Fox-Glove, Digitalis Ambi- 

 giiUy is a native of the southern parts of Europe, 

 especially of Germany, chiefly affecting moun- 

 tainous situations. It is found in considerable 

 quantities on the Alps of Switzerland. Although 

 this is a hardy and ornamental species, which 

 has been cultivated in our gardens since the time 

 of Queen Elizabeth, yet it is but seldom seen at 

 present even in the plantations of the curious. 



The Small Yellow Fox- Glove, Digitalis Lutea, 

 is indigenous to the shady situations of the stony 

 mountainous places of France, Italy, and also 

 of Transylvania. This species was cultivated 

 in England by Parkinson in 1629. 



The Canary Shrubby Fox-glove, Digitalis Ca- 

 narioisis^ with gold-coloured corollas, was culti- 

 vated in this country by the Duchess of Beaufort 

 in 1698, and the Small-flowered Fox-Glove, Digi- 

 talis parvifloiv, was first introduced by Sir Joseph 

 Banks in 1798, who obtained the seed from the 

 botanic garden at Vienna, but from whence it 

 was originally procured is not known to us. This 

 species has the smallest flowers of any of the 

 Fox-Gloves yet discovered, and it has an appear- 



