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wards tlie stiginc, which is bifid ; the germ is oval, .iiul surrounded 

 at the bottom by a small uectarious glaud ; the cajjsule is bilocular, 

 aud contains many blackish seeds. It grows usually by the road- 

 sides and ditches and hedges, especially in dry gravelly soils, aud 

 flowers in June and July. 



The leaves of the Foxglove have a bitter, nauseous taste ; it 

 grows wild in most of the temperate countries of Europe, and in the 

 United States, and is often cultivated in gardens for ornament and 

 me(hcinal purposes. The leaves are the part usually employed^ 

 altliough the seeds are recognized as being officinal. Much care is 

 requisite in selecting, preparing, and preserving Foxglove, in order to 

 insure its activity. 



Digitalis parvljlora. Small-flowered Foxglove. This species 

 rises from two to three feet high ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, undula- 

 ted, deflexed, ciliated with wool, entire, margined, radical ones oI)0- 

 vate ; racemes dense, cylindrical ; segments of corolla, as well as 

 those of the calyx, roundish ; corollas small, brownish-purple, pilose. 

 The native country of this plant is unknown, but grows sparcely in 

 many places throughout the United States, and some parts of Europe. 

 It flowers m June, July, and August. 



Digitalis fuloa. Tawny-flowered Foxglove. This species rises 

 from two to three feet high ; leaves lanceolate, ciliated ; bract eas all 

 not half so long as the corolla ; corolla downy, reticulated, fulvous, 

 with a rusty color ; segments ovate, acute ; lip bearded ; stamens 

 about equal in length to the tube, and glabrous ; calyx downy. By 

 some this is thought to be a hybrid between some other species. The 

 native country of this is also unknown. I have found it growing by 

 tiie side of small streams, on Great Hills, in Leverett, Mass. It waa 

 in flower, in its wild state, in July and August. 



Propagation and Culture. Most of the species of Foxglove are 

 showy, and well (itted for decorating flower borders. Tiicy all 

 grow freely in comiimn garden earth, and are rculily increased 



