THE YELLOW ACONITE. 59 



The yellow aconite is one of the earliest 

 of the spring flowers; it is very gay, and, 

 if you can procure seeds, I almost recom- 

 mend you to make an edging of it, by sow- 

 ing a row quite close to your box. In May 

 it will produce seeds, and the plant will lie 

 down and remain at rest, till again, at the end 

 of nine months, it is called into action by the 

 early spring. This aconite (the common or 

 popular name of which I do not know) is, I 

 believe, a native of the countries where the 

 snow lies long, and on the melting of which, 

 the plant and flower come forth at once, and 

 live through the short sumrtier, awaiting to be 

 buried again in snow. 



It is singular, that variation of climate should 

 not vary the habits of plants ; but although 

 plants that come from warm countries, are, 

 by degrees, made to bear the cold of this 



