Plati.: 35S. 



NEW srOTTEJ) FOXGLOVE, BEAUTY OE 

 DOEKING. 



Tlie common wild Foxolove is associated, in the minds of 

 many persons, Avith scenes of wild beauty, and is always sure 

 to attract notice from the boldness of its style of growth and 

 tlie brilliancy of its colouring; and it was often a matter of 

 surprise that it had not been taken in hand by tliose who are 

 ever ready to cater for the novelty-seeking desires of the lovers 

 of flowers. The plant itself was so hardy and robust, that it 

 was surmised, that if it could be improved, it would be a very 

 popular flower. 



It will be seen from the variety we now figure, that this 

 improvement has at last been commenced, and we doubt not the 

 work of hybridization will go on as it has done in other flowers. 

 'J'he ordinary colour of the wild Foxglove, spoken of by Sir 

 "William Hooker as the " most stately and beautiful of our 

 herbaceous plants," is purple, spotted within, while occasionally 

 a white variety is obtained ; the crossing of these two colours 

 is sure to produce vari(>ty, and in that now figured, we are 

 enabled to trace tlii.s effect : we have seen some, of the most 

 varying shades of colour, and doubt not that they will be as 

 much so as the herbaceous Calceohtrids. 



As to the method of cultivaticni, although a large number 

 of A-arieties have been already obtained and fixed, and will be 

 cultivated in collections, as has been tlie case, yet we should 

 imagine, that as it is so very readily seeded, and the plants 

 are likely to bloom the following season, cultivators will 

 jjrefer doing with them as they have already done with the 

 Calceolaria, \ iz. growing it from seed ; and thus from jear to 



