THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.— HEPATICA TRILOBA Chois. THE COMMON HEPATICA. 
Synonymes. — Anemone Hepatica Lin. ; A. precox Sal. 
Enohavings. — Dot. Mag. t. 10; Eng. Bot. t. 51 ; and our fig. 4, 
In Plate 1. 
Varieties. — The species is the single blue, but the varieties are the 
double blue, the single and double pink, and the single and double 
white. 
Specific Character. — Leaves cordate, three-lobed; lobes quite 
entire, ovate, acutish ; petioles and scapes rather hairy. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The flower of the Hepatica is slirouded in the bud by its involucre, which consists of 
three entire leaves. The sepals are of the same colour in the bud as when expanded. The single flowers have 
numerous stamens and carpels, but in the double flowers these are all changed into petals. The leaves are of 
a thick leathery texture and a deep green colour. The flowers are numerous, but each is on a separate flower- 
stem, or scape, risino- from the root. The species is a native of various parts of Europe ; and it has sometimes, 
though very rarely, been found wild in England, though probably the apparently wild specimens have been 
accidentally thrown out of some garden. The plant sliould be planted in light soil, the best being peat or sandy 
loam ; and as it has a tendency to push itself out of the ground, so as partially to lay bare its roots, the earth 
should be occasionally drawn up round it, or it should be taken up and replanted about every third or fourtli 
year in autumn ; as it should not be removed after the young shoots have begun to grow, and the flowers to 
expand, which they do as soon as the snow is oflF the ground in spring. All the varieties may be kept in pots, 
and they are all very suitable for rock-work. 
2.— HEPATICA AMERICANA Ker. THE AMERICAN HEPATICA. 
Synonymk. — H. t. var. Pursh. 
Variety. — H. A. 2 acutiloba ; H. acutiloba Dec. 
Engravings — Bot. Reg. t. 387 ; and out fig. 5, in Plate 1. 
Specific Character. — Leaves cordate, three-lobed, lobes quite 
entire, roundish obtuse ; petioles and scapes very hairy. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is probably only a variety of H. triloba, though the sepals are rounder at the point 
and narrower than in that species. They are also somewhat darker at the margin than in the centre. This 
plant is very abundant in Canada in rocky situations, but it does not succeed well in British gardens, particularly 
near a town, though it does best on rock-work. This species is found to vary considerably in the leaves, which 
are sometimes found with five lobes, and sometimes with the lobes pointed. It was introduced in 1800. 
GENUS IV. 
HYDRASTIS Lin. YELLOW-ROOT. 
LiTi. Sgat. POLYANDRIA POLYGYNIA. 
Seeds somewhat egg-shoped, smooth. Roots tuberoiu, and jielding a 
yollow dye. Leaves 3 ot S-lobed. (G. Don.) 
Oenehic Character. — Calyx of three ovate sepals. Petals \ranting. 
Stamens and ovaries numerous. Fruit baccate, numerous, collected 
into a head, each terminated by the style, l-ccUcd, 1 — 2-seedcd. 
Description, &c. — There is only one species of this genus. The name of Hydrastis is derived from the 
Greek word for water ; because the plant will only live in moist situations. 
