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purple; May to September. Native. The form generally grown in 
gardens is the var rosewm with rosy bloom. 
A. MONGOLICA (Mongolian). Stems 12 to 18 inches high. Leaves 
simple. Flower-heads white; July. Introduced from Siberia (1818). 
A. Prarmica (for sneezing). Sneezewort. Rootstock creeping. Stem, 
1 to 2 feet, ribbed, slightly branched. Leaves narrow, simple, 
slightly toothed. Flower-heads white, few in a corymb; July to 
September. Native. The cultivated var. is the flore-pleno. 
A. SERRATA (saw-toothed). Stems 1 foot high. Leaves lance- 
shaped, saw-toothed, white with hairs. Flower-heads large, white, in 
panicled corymbs; June to August. Introduced from Switzerland (1686). 
The garden form is the var. flore-pleno. Eee 
A. TOMENTOSA (woolly). Stems 8 to 12 inches high. Leaves woolly, 
cut deeply into very slender segments, bi-pinnately. Flower-heads bright 
yellow, in compound corymbs; June to August. Native of Europe and 
North Africa. : 
A. UMBELLATA (umbelled). Stems 4 or 5 inches high. Leaves cut 
into oval lobes, silvery white. Flower-heads white, few, in umbel-like 
corymbs. Native of Greece; cultivated as a rock-plant chiefly on 
account of the silvery foliage. 
All the species mentioned are hardy perennials, and 
may be successfully grown in ordinary garden soils. Some 
of them make excellent border plants on account of the continuous 
flowering period and neat habit. hey are also useful for the purpose of 
cutting the flowers. Tall-growing species like A. Eupatorium find their 
appropriate place at the rear of the border; whilst several of the dwarf- 
forms may be used as edgings to bed or border, or to form little clumps 
in the rock-garden. Propagation may be effected by sowing the seed as 
soon as ripe, by taking cuttings, or by dividing the rootstock, operations 
which should be carried out in spring. A. egyptica and A. aurea should 
be given a sunny position. 
Cultivation. 
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Natural Order Compostraz. Genus Doronicum 
Doronicum (meaning of name doubtful, but said to be derived from 
doronigi, an Arabic name). A genus containing only about ten species 
of herbaceous perennials with creeping or tuberous rootstocks. The 
radical leaves are stalked ; those of the stem are stalkless, stem-clasping 
