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DIDIS'CUS continued. 



and in May transplant them out of doors, 12 ins. 

 apart, in sandy loam and leaf mould. 



DIGITA'LIS Foxglove, Finger Flowers, or Dead Men's 

 Bells (from L. digitalis, & finger-stall or thimble, so 

 named by the German botanist L. Fuchs, in 

 reference to the shape of the flowers). Nat. 

 Ord. Scrophulariacece. 



A beautiful biennial plant, too well known to 

 require much description, and a native of our own 

 country from Cornwall to the Orkneys, but not the 

 Shetlands. It is not adverse to shade, and on that 

 account is a great acquisition in the woodland and 

 other parts of the garden, and it must indeed be 

 a poor soil where it will not grow. It is most 

 effective if grouped together in a mass, single 

 plants not showing themselves off to so much 

 advantage, and if grown in a mixed border should 

 be placed at the back, as they attain 4 to 5 ft. in 

 height, and flower in June and July. 



D. ambi'gua. Grows 3 ft. or so with beautiful pale 

 yellow flowers, and counted amongst the most 

 beautiful flowers that adorn the Alps of Switzer- 

 land and Tyrol. 1596. Syns., D. grandifto'ra 

 and D. ochroleu'ca. 



D. au'rea. Height 2 ft. with yellow flowers. From 

 Hungary, 1816. Syns., D. loemga'ta and Z>. 

 fusce'scens. 



