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Spain; 1821. P. mollis (soft); 18 inches; flowers purple, in 

 May ; Siberia. P. officinalis (shop) ; 3 feet ; flowers red, in 

 May ; Europe ; 1548. P. officinalis albicans (whitening); 3 feet ; 

 flowers white, in May. P. officinalis anemoniflora (anemone- 

 flowered) ; 3 feet; flowers pink, in May; 1830. P. officinalis 

 Baxteri (Baxter's) ; 3 feet ; flowers crimson ; Oxford. P. offici- 

 nalis blanda (bland) ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in May. P. offici- 

 nalis canescens (hoary) ; 3 feet ; flowers white, in May. P. offi- 

 cinalis multipetala (many-petaled) ; 3 feet ; flowers crimson, in 

 May. P. officinalis rosea (rosy) ; 3 feet ; flowers red, in May. 

 P. officinalis rubra (double-red); 3 feet; flowers red, in May. 

 P. officinalis -variegata (variegated-leaved) ; 3 feet ; flowers crim- 

 son, in June. P. paradoxa (paradoxical) ; 2 feet ; flowers pur- 

 ple, in May ; Levant. P. paradoxa compacta (compact) ; 2 feet ; 

 flowers purple, in May. P. paradoxa fimbriata (double-fringed) ; 



2 feet ; flowers purple, in May. P. paradoxa Grevillii (Gre- 

 ville's) ; 2 feet ; flowers purple, in May. P. paradoxa peregrina 

 (straggling) ; 2 feet ; flowers dark-purple, in May. P. pubens 

 (downy) ; 2 feet ; flowers red, in May. P, Reevesiana (Reeves's) 



3 feet; flowers crimson, in May; China. P. Russi (Russ's); 

 2 feet ; flowers crimson, in May ; Sicily. P. simpliciflora (sim- 

 ple-flowered) ; flowers red, in May ; Levant. P. tenuifolia 

 (fine-leaved); 18 inches; flowers red, in May; Siberia; 1765. 

 P. tenuifolia flore-pleno (double-flowered); 18 inches; flowers 

 red, in May; Russia; 1831. P. tenuifolia latifolia (broad- 

 leaved) ; 2 feet ; flowers crimson, in June. P. triternata (thrice- 

 three-leafleted) ; 3 feet; flowers purple, in May; Siberia; 1790. 

 P. villosa (shaggy) ; 2 feet ; flowers red, in May ; south of Eu- 

 rope ; 1816. P, Witmanniana (VVitmann's) ; 2 feet; flowers 

 greenish-yellow, in May; Abcharia ; 1842. 



For new varieties, which are constantly produced, consult 

 the latest florist catalogues. 



PALAFOXIA. [Composite.] Annuals and herbaceous per- 

 ennials, thriving in sandy loam, and propagated by seeds 

 and division. P. linearis is tender. 



P. fastigiata (tapering) ; hardy perennial ; flowers white, in 



