POTENTIL'LA MACNABIA'NA. 
macnab’s cinquefoil. 
Class. 
ICOSANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
rosacea;. 
Order. 
rOLYGYNIA, 
Hybrid 
Origin. 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
2 feet. 
June, Aug. 
Perennial. 
Raised 
in 1847. 
No. 1212. 
Potentilla, from potentia, signifying little power. 
In a family of so much beauty as Potentilla, the 
cultivator of a flower garden is but too happy to pos- 
sess all the novelties that are to be had, otherwise 
it would be unnecessary to figure any but distinct 
species. Hybrid flowering plants are now too impor- 
tant to be neglected ; they excel, in many instances, 
the beauty of the original species from which they 
originated ; a fact which applies to the Potentilla 
now figured. 
Genera which contain species possessing colours so 
distinct as deep crimson, pink, yellow, and white, 
afford a fair opportunity for these being mingled to 
advantage. A progeny has also been raised between 
Potentilla and its close ally, Tormentilla. 
Potentilla Macnabiana bears, we presume, the 
name oi its propagator. Its colour approaches nearly 
to the scarlet of Geum Chiloense, and is, we believe, 
the most showy of the whole family. In cultivation 
it demands no peculiar care, being completely 
hardy, and although it does not increase so rapidly, 
as some others, it admits of occasional division at 
the roots. 
