No. 579. 
POTENTILLA PEDATA. 
Class. Order. 
ICOSANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
A native of the Alps of Switzerland, and 
lately introduced into this country. It 
differs from the P, hirta in being not erect 
like that ; the flowers also are larger and 
brighter, and the leaves narrower. 
It is a hardy herbaceous plant, which 
thrives very well in a moderate sized pot, 
in which it will grow about a foot in height, 
or if planted in the ground becomes con- 
siderably larger: the soil should be loam. 
It may be propagated by separating the 
roots in the spring. 
The flowers continue throughout the 
greater part of the summer in succession, 
and they are highly ornamental. 
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