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HARDY PERENNIALS 



Doronicum Caudasicum. 



LEOPARD'S-BANE ; Syn. D. ORIENTALE ; Nat. Ord. COMPOSITE. 

 THE specific name denotes sufficiently whence this comes. It is 

 hardy, herbaceous, and perennial, and one of those plants which 

 deserves to be in every garden ; its general appearance is that of 

 a tender plant, from the pale but fine delicate green of its foliage, 

 a somewhat uncommon shade for so early a season. It begins to 

 flower in March in a warm situation in the garden, when only a 

 few inches high, and it goes on growing and flowering until 

 summer, when it is nearly 2ft. high. A glance at Fig. 35 will 

 give a fair idea of its habit. 



FIG. 35. DORONICUM CAUCASICUM. 

 (One-third natural size.) 



The flowers, which are bright yellow, are 2|in. across, produced 

 one at a time, though the leafy stems are well supplied with buds 

 in various stages of development. The leaves, besides being so 

 rich in colour, are of handsome forms, being variously shaped, 



