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and borne on furrowed stalks from March 

 to June. 



There are several forms among which 

 may be mentioned the double-flowered 

 nana plena and monstrosa plena ; and 

 the single-flowered pwrpurascens from 

 S. Europe, with purphsh shoots ; hiflora, 

 a twin-flowered form from N. America; 

 ■pamassifolia, a dwarf only 3-4 in. high, 

 also from N. America, with heart-shaped 

 ovate toothed leaves; and leptosepala 

 from California with white flowers about 

 1^ in. across. 



Culture <&c. as above. 



C. radicans is a native of Scotland, 

 and somewhat rare. It is probably only 

 a form of C. palustris, but is distinguished 

 by its deltoid sharply toothed leaves, and 

 dwarf er habit. The yellow flowers appear 

 in May and June. 



Culture dc, as above. 



TROLLIUS (Globe Flower). — A 

 genus of about nine species of perennial 

 erect herbs with alternate leaves palmately 

 lobed or cut, and solitary or few large 

 yellow or lilac flowers. Sepals 5-15 

 petal-like ; petals 5-15, small, narrow, 

 with a very short claw, and blade with 

 a glandular pit at the base. Stamens 

 numerous. Carpels 5 or more, becoming 

 foUicles when ripe. 



Culture and Propagation. — The Globe 

 Flowers or Globe Buttercups wiU grow 

 in ordinary garden soil, but to obtain 

 luxuriant growth and freedom of flowering 

 they should be planted in rich damp soil, 

 and may be naturalised near the edges of 

 ponds, streams or marshy places. 



The plants may be increased by 

 dividing the rootstock in autumn or 

 spring, the former period preferred, as the 

 disturbed plants can make new roots 

 before the winter sets in fairly. If divided 

 in March, the bitter cold and drying 

 winds of that period do a good deal of 

 harm and weaken the plants. 



The Globe Flowers may also be raised 

 from seed sown in pans or boxes in spring 

 and planted out in the autumn, but it 

 takes two or three seasons for the seed- 

 lings to become really fine flowering 

 plants. 



T. acaulis (Stemless Globe Flower). — 

 A native of the W. Himalayas, 4-6 in. 

 high, with very dwarf stem and 5-parted 

 leaves. Its bright golden flowers, each 

 about 2 in. across, are borne in July, the 



7 sepals being broadly oval obtuse, and 

 the 14 petals narrowly wedge-shaped. 



Culture Sc. as above. This plant 

 prefers a fine peaty soil in a moist spot. 



T. altaicus (Altaian Globe Flower). 

 ■ A species 12-18 in. high with much- 

 divided leaves, and pale orange or yellow 

 flowers about 2 in. across, having 10, 

 often 15-20 broad obtuse occasionally 

 crenulate sepals. 



Culture So. as above. 



T. asiaticus {Asiatic Globe Flower). 

 A handsome free-flowering species from 

 N. Asia, China, and Japan, 12-18 in. high 

 and closely resembltag T. ev/ropmus. 

 Leaves deeply divided and cut. Flowers 

 deep yellow with 10 spreading sepals, and 

 10 petals longer than the stamens. There 

 is a good deal of variation in this species 

 owing doubtless to its somewhat wide 

 geographical distribution. Japonicus or 

 Fortunei, and ' Orange Globe ' with rich 

 orange-yellow flowers, may be men- 

 tioned as fine varieties ; also albus which 

 has very pale yellow flflwers — not white, 

 as the name would imply; and major, 

 with large blossoms. 



Cultwre Sc. as above. 



T. caucasicus. — A pretty Caucasian 

 perennial 9-12 in. high with leaves deeply 

 divided into 5-7 lobes. The large globular 

 orange-yellow flowers appear in May and 

 June. 



Cultwre <&c. as above. 



T. europaeus {Boits ; Common Globe 

 Flower ; Golden Ball). — A native species 

 growing in subalpine pastures and copses, 

 having stems 6-24 in. high. The lower 

 stalked leaves are somewhat roundish, 

 6-parted with wedge-shaped lobes; the 

 upper ones being smaller and without 

 stalks. The flowers are about 2 in. 

 across, pale yellow, with roundish con- 

 cave sepals, and oblong petals, appearing 

 from June to August. They emit a fra- 

 grant odour, and seen at a distance appear 

 to be semi-double, somewhat resemblimg 

 forms of iJ. asiaticus. 



There are many forms in cultivation, 

 such as albus, superbus, a fine late one, 

 aurantiacus, and napellifoKus, a some- 

 what dwarfer and more showy kind, while 

 gigamteus, as the name implies, has larger 

 flowers than the others. 



Culture Sc. as abo"". 



T. laxus {T. americanus). — Anative of 

 N. America, 6-9 in. high with palmately 



