BOCCONIA 



(Named for the Sicilian botanist and author Dr. Paolo Boccone — d. 1704) 

 Papaveracea 



2. Bocconia cordata {B. japonica) 

 English Names: Plume poppy, Tree celandine. 



CHINA, JAPAN JULY 



SMALL pinkish-white flowers borne in great plumy terminal masses 

 high above the handsome foliage, on vigorous leafy stems five to 

 eight feet tall. Leaves large, dull green, heart-shaped, and much lobed, 

 resembling in texture and 

 form those of the blood 

 root; persistent. After 

 the blooming season the 

 feathery efi'ect is pre- 

 served by the terminal 

 plumes of seeds, quite as 

 decorative as the flowers. 

 Excellent for the wild 

 garden or shrubbery on 

 account ofits stri Ic- 

 ing sub-tropical eff'ect. 

 Though extremely effec- 

 tive also in the back of 

 large herbaceous borders, 

 it is there apt to prove 

 troublesome as it spreads 

 very rapidly by suckers. 



A perfectly hardy 

 perennial of easiest 

 culture; being a gross 

 feeder it does best in 

 very rich soil, but will 

 grow anx-where. Re- 

 quires sun. 



Propagate by seed, 

 or usually by suckers, 

 any one of which, if detached, will make a strong plant in a single season. 



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