Herbaceous (Mauts. 



271 



on the border of a lake or pond in rich masses close to the 

 water's edge this is a very effective plant. 



Globe-flower, Trollius Europeus. This is one of our most 

 beautiful garden plants. The plants grow singly among the 

 grass in meadows, and sometimes in rich open woodlands, 

 and, like the preceding kind, form quite a feature of the scen- 

 ery. The globular, yellow flowers are borne on erect, leafy 

 stems a foot or more high. Leaves on long petioles pal- 

 mately parted with deeply cut edges, handsome. The Asiatic 

 globe-flower (T. Asiaticus) and the American globe-flower 

 (T. laxus), the former with orange-yellow flowers, are also 

 fine meadow plants. All are excellent for moist positions 

 in a rockery or on a lawn and especially on a low river 

 shore. 



FIG. 122. CHRISTMAS ROSE (HELLEBORUS NIGER ALTIFOLIUS). 



Christmas Rose, Helleborm niger. While the snow is 

 still on the ground the Christmas rose opens its chaste and 

 beautiful flowers, earlier or later in the season, according 

 to the locality where it is grown. The flowers measure 

 several inches across and are slightly suffused with purple 



