FLORA DOMESTICA. 



HEPATIC A. 



ANEMONE HEPATICA. 



RANUNCULACE^E. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 



Called formerly the noble liverwort. French, 1'antmone he'pa- 

 tique; 1'h^patique des jardins. Italian, anemone fegatella; herba 

 trinitas. 



THE Hepatica is a Swiss species of the anemone : there 

 are many varieties, both single and double, varying in co- 

 lour, and generally blowing in great profusion in February 

 and March. The flower lies a year within the bud, com- 

 plete in all its parts. The double flowers last longer than 

 the single, and are much handsomer. They thrive best 

 when exposed only to the morning sun ; cold does not 

 injure them. They should be kept moderately moist, and 

 may be increased by parting the roots, which should be 

 done in March, when they are in flower ; but not oftener 

 than every third or fourth year. Frequent removal weakens, 

 and sometimes destroys them. 



A remarkable instance is recorded of change of colour 

 in these flowers. Some roots of the Double Blue Hepatica 

 being sent from a garden in Tothill-fields to another at 

 Henley upon Thames, when they came to blossom produced 

 white flowers, owing to the difference of the soil : but it is 

 yet more curious, that being returned to their former sta- 

 tion, they resumed their original blue colour. 



HIBISCUS. 



MALVACEAE. MONADELPHIA POLYANDRIA. 



Frenchy ketmie. Italian, ibisco, chetmia. 



THE China Rose and the Changeable Rose are species 

 of the Hibiscus; and the former is reckoned the most 

 beautiful of this handsome genus. It is called by the In- 



