DIGITALIS DODECATHEON. 



Ill 



villous; segments ovate, acute; lip 

 bearded. Leaves, ovate - lanceolate, 

 acuminated, toothed. Central Europe. 



Borders, and naturalization in 



ordinary soil. Seed. 



Digitalis purpurea (Common Fox- 

 glove). Our well-known native Fox- 

 glove ; 2 to 5 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; large, purple, marked inside 

 with deep spots which are edged with 

 white, in a dense terminal raceme, all 

 nodding in the same direction ; seg- 

 ments ovate - oblong ; peduncles 

 straight, about equal in length to the 

 calyces. Leaves, very rough, oblong, 

 crenate, on short winged stalks. There 

 are many beautifully spotted forms as 

 well as a white one. Britain and 



many other parts of Europe. The 



prettily spotted varieties deserve to 

 be abundantly grown in shrubberies 

 and copses. Seed. 



Digitalis Thapsi (Mullein-like D.) 

 A handsome plant allied to the 

 common Foxglove, but somewhat 

 smaller, and a true perennial ; 2 to 

 3 ft. high. Flowers, in summer; 

 purple, with pale throat dotted with 

 blood-red spots, smaller than those of 

 D, purpureum, and like them pro- 

 duced in a dense raceme ; peduncles 

 arched, much longer than the calyx. 

 Leaves, oblong, rough, crenated, 

 undulated, decurrent. S. Europe. 



Borders, fringes of shrubberies, 



and naturalization in copses, etc., in 

 light, well- drained soil. Seed. 



Diotis maritima (Sea Cottonweed). 

 A dwarf cottony herb, with hard, 

 almost woody, stems branching at the 

 base; 8 to 10 in. high. Flowers, in 

 late summer or autumn ; bright 

 yellow, in dense terminal corymbs. 

 Leaves, alternate, oblong, or almost 

 Bpoon-shaped, entire, or slightly 

 toothed, sessile, about 1 in. long, 

 quite white on both sides with cottony 

 down. On sea-shore sands of the 

 EOiitiiern half of Great Britain, in St. 



Ouen's Bay, Jersey, and also S. 



Europe. Borders, grouped with 



plants having silvery and variegated 

 foliage, or as a rock plant, in sandy 

 soil. Cuttings and seed. 



Diphylleia cymosa (Cymose-flowered 

 D.) A smooth herb with somewhat 

 the habit of Podophyllum, 1 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer; white, in 

 large loose heads or cymes ; petals 6, 

 naked on the inside; stamens 6; 

 berries roundish, bluish-black. Leaves, 

 2, very large, alternate, umbrella- 

 like, glaucous, kidney-shaped, usually 

 2-cleft. Native of North America, on 

 the borders of rivulets and on moun- 

 tains. Peat borders and fringes of 



beds of American plants in the moistest 

 spots. Propagated by division in spring. 



Diplopappus rigidus (Rigid D.} A 

 dwarf hardy Aster-like shrub with 

 prostrate stems, and ascending flower- 

 bearing branches ; about 1 foot high. 

 Flowers, in autumn; 1| in. across, 

 sky-blue with yellow centre, terminal, 

 solitary. Leaves, numerous, linear- 

 acute, sessile, rigid, with a prominent 



dorsal keel. N. America. Borders, 



in ordinary free soil. Seed and division. 



Dodecatheon integrifolium (Entire- 

 leaved D.) Allied to the American 

 Cowslip, but dwarfer and more 

 brilliant in bloom; 4 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; deep rosy 

 crimson, smaller than those of D. 

 Meadia, and produced in small few f 

 flowered umbels ; the base of each 

 petal white, springing from a yellow 

 or dark orange cup. Leaves, oval or 

 spoon- shaped, entire. In shady woods 

 near rivers, on the Alleghany Moun- 

 tains, and also the Rocky Mountains 



in N. America. The rock-garden, 



in rich soil. Seed. 



Dodecatheon Jeffreyannm (ffort.) (Jef- 

 frey's American Cowslip). A .very vigo- 

 rous kind, easily recognised when 

 above ground by its large leaves, with 



