140 FLOWER-GARDEN PERENNIALS. [MARCH. 



twelve inches high ; the corolla is rotata reflexa, colour 

 light purple, bottom of petals lake and yellow ; hloorn- 

 ingin May. The white variety is very much esteemed, 

 and surpasses the preceding. The ground is pure 

 white, the bottom of the petals the same as the other. 

 There is also a spotted variety found on the banks of 

 the Missouri. They delight in brown loam, a half 

 shady situation, inclining to moisture. The foliage 

 soon decays after flowering. 



Digitalis, Fox-glove, about forty species of annuals 

 and herbaceous plants. A few are cultivated in the 

 flower borders, and are very showy. These are D. 

 leucophcea, D.ferruginca, D. ochroleuca, large yellow; and 

 D.purpurdscens; and are good species. D.purpurea and 

 D. alba, are very conspicuous biennials ; the flowers are 

 solitary, and in long spikes ; the corolla of D.purpurea 

 is campanulate, ventricose, and ringent; the interior is 

 spotted, and is considered the finest of the genus. De- 

 lights in poor soil, with a little shade. 



Eupatoriums. These generally are native plants, 

 not worthy of notice here, except for two species. E. 

 ccekstmum has syngenesious flowers in flattened panicles, 

 colour fine light blue, blooming from September to 

 November, desirable for its beauty at that season. E. 

 aromdticum may be cultivated for its spicy odour; 

 flowers white, in loose terminale panicles ; blooming 

 from August to October. Either of them will grow in 

 common soil. 



Gentianas, a genus of very showy plants, and flower in 

 great abundance. The flowers are tubular and inflat- 

 ed ; colour generally blue. A few species are yellow, 



