48 The Wild Garden. 



would suit it well, though it is yet so scarce that all the 

 supply is required for the select rockwork. It might also 

 be tried with success in an open bare spot, amidst vegeta- 

 tion, not rising above six inches high. 



Glacier Crowfoot. Ranunculus gladalis. Lapland. 6 

 inches to a foot; white ; summer; seed ordivision. — ^Worthy 

 of attention where there is stonyand cold mountain ground, 

 elevated bogs, and the like. In such places one might 

 be proud of having naturalized such a high Alpine plant 



Moimtain Crowfoot. Ranunculus montanus. Austria, 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 6 to 9 inches ; yellow ; summer ; 

 seed or division. — Bare spots, or where the vegetation 

 consists of such plants as the spurrey or the shortest 

 grasses, and where the soil is somewhat moist and free. 



Spiked Crowfoot. Ranunculus spicatus. Algiers. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; i to i J feet; yellow; spring and 

 summer ; division. — Excellent for association with the 

 Snowdrop Anemone, and other choice plants, reaching 

 a height of something over one foot, by wood-walks, in 

 rather open sunny spots. 



Altaian Globe-flower. Trollius altaicus. Altai 

 mountains. Herbaceous perennial ; 2 feet ; yellow ; 

 summer; division. — By shrubbery walks in unmown 

 places, amidst rather strong-growing, herbaceous vegeta- 

 tion, and also in open grassy glades in woods. 



WapeHus-leaved Globe-flower. Trollius napdlifolius. 

 Europe. Herbaceous perennial ; 2 or 3 feet ; yellow ; 

 early summer ; division. — A noble plant, useful for 

 positions similar to those for the preceding kind, and for 

 association with it. 



Common Winter Aconite. Eranthis hyemalis. 



