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leaves than either of the former : the /lowers snow white, and as 

 thick and double, more rare to be found, and, therefore, much 

 more esteemed." 



4. The double red H. — " Is in all things like the last, but only 

 the colour of the flowers, which are as thick and double as any of 

 the former, and of a fine pleasant pale red, inclining to Peach- 

 colour." 



Rea adds, that " it is reported that the double while and double 

 red have been raised from the seeds of the single kinds; I con- 

 fess I have not seen cither of them, and, therefore, can give no 

 further assurance than the credit of a good Florist, the reporter." 



Gilbert (Florist's Vade Mccum, p. 15,) also mentions the 

 double while Hepatica, and describes it in almost the same words 

 as Rea, and indicates the double blue and Peach-coloured. He 

 also makes mention of four single varieties, (i. e.) 1—2. Redder 

 and paler Peach-colour ; 3. another of the same shape, of a light 

 blue watchet; 4. another milk white. 



Wakbkidge (Systema Horti-cultura, p. 126,) only notices 

 " the double and the white, which are most regarded." 



Miller (Gardener's Dictionary, 8th ed., 17fi8,) gives but live 

 varieties of Hepatica — 1. The single blue; 2. the double blue ; 

 3. the single white ; 4. the single red ; 5. the double red ; and 

 says, " I have seen the double white kind oiten mentioned in 

 books, but could never view it growing ; tho' I don't know but 

 such a Flower might be obtained from seeds of the single white 

 or blue kinds." He thinks people have been deceived by the 

 double blue producing flowers in autumn inclining to white, but 

 which, in spring, became blue as before. 



Phillips (Flora Hislorica, 2d ed. vol. 1, p. 27,) quotes Brad- 

 ley, who relates a remarkable circumstance of the change of 

 colour of the Hepatica. " Some roots of the Double blue Hepa- 

 tica were sent to Mr. Harrison, of Henley-upon-Thames, from 

 Mr. Key's garden in Tothill-iields, whose soil was so different 

 from the ground they were planted in at Henley, that when they 

 came to blossom there, they produced white flowers, and were, 

 therefore, returned bade to their first station, where they retook the 

 blue color they had at first." 



Loudon (Hortus Britannicus, p. 227) enumerates one Euro- 

 pean species, triloba, and six varieties, viz.: — 1. carulea, blue; 



