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DODECATHEON DORONICUM. 



very thick reddish midribs; 15 in. to 

 2 ft. high. Flowers, in early summer; 

 purplish-rose, the petals 4 in number, 

 reflexed as in the other species, and 

 with a yellowish spot at the base. 

 Leaves, 4 to 10 in., sometimes more, in 

 length, narrowly- spoon-shaped, taper- 

 ing very much towards the base of 

 the very thick midrib. Rocky Moun- 

 tains. Borders, low and sheltered 



portions of the rock-garden, or here 

 and there amid dwarf shrubs, always 

 in rich, light, and deep soil. It 

 would also thrive very well in the 

 drier parts of the bog-bed, associ- 

 ated with such plants as Trillium, 

 grandiflorum and Cypripedium spec- 

 tabile. Easily increased by careful 

 division of the root in autumn. 



Dodecatheon Meadia (American Cow- 

 slip). A beautiful perennial, 10 to 

 16 in. high, flowers, in April or 

 May; purple, inclining to the colour 

 of the peach-blossom, freely produced 

 in a loose umbel on smooth naked 

 stems, each blossom drooping elegantly. 

 Leaves, oblong-oval, smooth, unevenly 

 toothed, waved, 6 or 7 in. long and 

 from 2 to 3 in. broad, erect when first 

 appearing, but afterwards spreading. 

 There are several varieties, all of 

 which are worthy of cultivation. 



Rich woodlands in N. America. 



Borders, and the rock-garden, thriving 

 best in light, sandy or vegetable, 

 earth. Division, or seed sown soon 

 after being gathered. 



Dondia Epipactis (Epipactis). 

 Hacquetia Epipactis. A singular and 

 pleasing little herb, 3 to 6 in. high. 

 Flowers, in spring ; greenish-yellow, in 

 a simple umbel ; involucre of 5 or 

 6 ovate leaves, toothed at the apex, 

 exceeding the umbel. Leaves, radical, 

 ternate or 3-parted, serrated. Root 

 black on the outside. Carinthia and 



Carniola. Margins of borders, in 



the spring-garden, or occasionally in 

 the rock-garden, or naturalized on 



very bare banks and slopes, where 

 such a small and unobtrusive plant 

 may be seen. Division. 



Doronicum austriacum (Austrian D.) 

 A very showy -flowered and neatly- 

 tufted perennial; 1 to 1 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in spring and early summer ; 

 yellow, large, 1 to 5 on each stem. 

 Leaves, dentate, those of the root 

 heart-shaped, stalked; lower stem- 

 leaves ovate-spoon-shaped, abruptly 

 narrowed at the base; upper ones lance- 

 shaped, cordate, clasping the stem. 

 Whole plant rather hairy. Sub- 

 alpine woods of Hungary, Bohemia, 

 Austria, Carinthia, Central France, 



and the Pyrenees. Borders, or 



naturalized on rough rocky ground, or 

 banks. It thrives in any soil, and is 

 readily increased by division. 



Doronicum caucasicum (Caucasian 

 Leopard" s-bane). A showy peren- 

 nial, about 1 ft. high. Ffavers, 

 in spring ; yellow, 1 in. across, 

 solitary, terminal and axillary. Leaves 

 of the stem, oval, pointed, with a 

 broad clasping base and toothed mar- 

 gin; radical leaves reniform, with 

 deeply - toothed margins. Neck of 

 the rhizome more or less covered with 

 silky down; seed-vessels of the ray 

 quite smooth, without pappus. Cau- 

 casus. The same positions and 



treatment as for the last. Division. 



Doronicum Columnae (Columna's D.) 

 Very like the preceding ; 1 to 1 \ ft. high. 

 Flowers, early in spring and sum- 

 mer; yellow, large. Leaves, den- 

 tate, softly and shortly downy ; those 

 of the root almost kidney-shaped, 

 stalked ; lower stem -leaves auricled ; 

 middle ones cordate-spoon-shaped, or 

 simply cordate ; upper ones ovate- 

 lance-shaped, clasping the stem. Dis- 

 tinguished from D. caucasicum by the 

 absence of silky down at the neck of 

 the rhizome, and by the seed-vessels 

 of the ray being slightly downv. 

 S. Europe. Similar positions 



