FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
Aconitum napellus (little turnip), 3 to 4 feet, is the best-known 
species, and its flowers are both large and numerous, of a very deep 
blue. The hood at first covers the other sepals. May to July. There 
are many varieties and hybrids of this species; two may be mentioned: 
album , white; and pyramidalis, with pyramidal racemes. 
A. Anthora (flowery). 1 to 2 feet; flowers pale yellow; leaves cut 
into very narrow segments; July. There are several varieties: decan- 
dollii, leaves with large lobes; grandiflorum, large flowers; nemorosum, 
leaves with broad lobes. Pyrenees (1596). 
A AUTUMNALE (autumn). 3 to 4 feet; bluish purple, hood closed; 
July to September. 
A BARBATUM (bearded). 3 to 6 feet; cream colour, middle sepals 
bearded; leaves divided into narrow segments; flowers July. Siberia 
(1807). 
A. chinense (Chinese). 4 to 6 feet; very bright blue; June to 
August. China (1833). 
A gmelini (Gmelin’s). 2 feet; cream colour; July. Siberia 
(1817). 
A heterophyllum (vari-leaved). 2 feet; large, pale yellow at 
back, deep blue in front; leaves broadly heart-shaped, with toothed 
edges. Alone in the genus this is said not to be poisonous. August 
Himalaya (1874). 
A. japonicum (Japanese). 6 feet; flesh colour, conical hood; July 
to September. Considered one of the best. There is a var. cceruleum 
with blue flowers. Japan (1790). 
A lycoctonum (Wolf’s-bane). 4 to 6 feet; large, purplish yellow; 
leaves seven-lobed; flowers July. Europe (1596). 
A paniculatum (panicled). 2 to 3 feet; large, violet, conical 
hood; June to September. Europe (1815). 
A v ariegatum (variegated). 2 to 6 feet; large, blue; hood bent 
forward; July. Europe (1597). There are several varieties: atbifiorum, 
small white flowers; bicolor, white tinged with blue, blue margins. 
Cultivation. There is little difficulty in growing Aconitums, as any 
ordinary garden soil suits them, but they should be planted in 
quantity where they can remain undisturbed for years, as they look best 
in large clumps. A. 'paniculatum should have leaf-mould. If there is 
a choice of soil for the other species, they will be found to do best in one 
that is rather heavy. Aspect, again, is of secondary importance to them, 
as they do perfectly well in the shadow of trees—even in plantations; 
therefore (except in the case of A. chinense, which needs warmth and 
protection) it is unnecessary to give them the sunny position that is 
