POTENTIL'LA PEDA'TA. 
FOOT-LEAVED CINQUEFOIL. 
Class. Order. 
ICOSANORIA. POLVGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
ROSACE*. 
Native of 
Heig'ht. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Europe. 
18 inches. 
June, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1819. 
No. 379. 
Potentilla, signifying little power, alludes to its 
medicinal properties. Pedata, is given to this spe- 
cieSjOn account of the bird’s-foot shape of its foliage. 
The brilliant colour of the flowers of Potentilla 
pedata, and the length of time which they continue 
to be produced in succession, are qualities which re- 
commend it for cultivation. It is not sufficiently 
strong in the stem to support itself erectly; conse- 
quently, it is very desirable that it be properly tied 
up before it exceeds six inches in height. We have 
oftentimes observed that plants, which need support, 
are neglected till their appearance will no longer 
admit it. This error should, as far as is possible, be 
corrected ; for having been once suffered to straggle 
over the bed, they very rarely can be rendered neat 
and sightly ; whilst early training, as well in the 
vegetable as in the animal kingdom, produces cor- 
rect habits, which will be advantageous to the pos- 
sessor, and pleasing to others. 
This species should be propagated by seed. Seed- 
lings flower in the second year, better than portions 
of old plants. In a peat border,it died with us in two 
years; but in loam it continues quite healthy. 
