GLOBE FLOWER 



charming little plant, five to eight inches high, bearing the leaves 

 of the meadow rue and a cluster of three to five long-stemmed 

 Anemone blossoms. Will make beds of easiest culture. Blooms 

 in April and is altogether lovely. 



This plant seems to be a link between two well-defined species 

 — Anemone and Thalictrum. The little beauty consequently has 

 never been permitted to possess a name in peace but has been 

 tossed from Anemone to Thalictrum and back again; then to 

 Syndesmon and now Anemonella. The crux of the matter lies in 

 some little tuberous roots possessed by the plant. 



GLOBE FLOWER. TROLLIUS 



TrdlUus europ&us. 



Trollius, from old German troll, a globe or something round; in 

 allusion to the shape of the flower. -, 



A perennial herb native to northern Europe, growing naturally in 

 marshy places. April, May. 



Stem. — Erect, one to two feet high, often branching. 

 Leaves. — Palmately five-parted; lobes cleft and toothed. 

 Flowers. — Terminal, lemon-yellow, globular, solitary or in twos. 

 Calyx. — Of petal-like sepals ten to fifteen in number. 

 Petals. — Small, spatulate; often longer than the stamens, with a 

 nectar -bearing pit at the base. 

 Stamens. — Many. 

 Carpels. — Many, which develop a head of follicles. 



Trollius looks like a big, sleepy buttercup which refuses to 

 open, but, as a matter of fact, differs very considerably from the 

 buttercup. Its apparent petals are really sepals; it v true petals 

 are small, narrow, nectar-bearing bodies surrounding the sta- 

 mens. The flower has a real globe shape and appears as if semi- 

 double. 



Trollius asidticus has a more open flower than Trollius europaus 

 and in color ranges from deep-orange to red. The gardeners are 

 seeking to open all the blossoms in the cultivated forms; in this 



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