LIATRIS BOREALIS. 
(northern LIATRIS.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
SYNGENESIA. ^QUALIS. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
COMPOSITE. 
Generic Character— Ca/y*' oblong, intricate. Pappus feztherj. Receptacle naked, dotted. Seeds 
furrowed, hairy. 
Specific Character. — Plant an herbaceous perennial, growing from a foot to eighteen inches high. Leaves 
ovate, acute, slightly downy. Flowers terminal, capitate, pink. Florets tubular, four or five cleft. 
Roots tuberous. 
Among the numerous beautiful objects which are continually being introduced 
into this country from the New World, for the purpose of ornamenting our flower- 
gardens and pleasure-grounds, some recommend themselves to our notice on account 
of the size and splendour of their flowers, while others attract our attention by the 
simplicity and neatness of their general appearance. Of this latter class is the 
plant now before us, which, though it does not possess that brilliancy of colour and 
boldness of habit so remarkable in some species of Pentstemon, &c., inhabitants of 
the same regions, cannot fail to command attention and excite admiration on 
account of the peculiar beauty and delicacy of its flowers, as well as by its elegant 
and interesting habits. 
Mr. Young, of Epsom, to whom we are indebted for our drawing of this plant, 
received it in 1836 from the Glasgow Botanic Garden, and in the absence of any 
specific information on the subject, we presume it w^as introduced thither by Mr, 
Drummond, as it is doubtless a native of North America. 
It is perfectly hardy, having endured the whole of the late severe winter in the 
open ground, without any protection, and is now vegetating most rapidly. It 
