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DIGITALIS PURPUREA, var. SUPERBA. 
acquire a deeper pinkish hue, such as is shown in our plate. The purple spottings 
in the lip are much broader than those of D. purpurea, and, as with it, they are 
surrounded by a white border, which throws them out into fine relief. Altogether, 
the blossoms rank among the most attractive in creation, as was proved by the 
attention they drew at one of the grand Chiswick exhibitions last year, when Mr. 
Gaines, of Battersea, sent a flowering specimen, the blooms of which were rather 
lighter-coloured than that now before us. 
We procured our drawing in the nursery of Messrs. Young, Epsorn, in the 
summer of 1842. It blooms for several months, and constitutes a most valuable 
border plant, requiring the most ordinary treatment, and being increased by 
division. 
The flowers of the species are said to resemble the finger of a glove, and hence 
the generic name from digitalis, belonging to a finger. 
