SOLDANEL'LA MI NIMA. 
LEAST SOLDANELLA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
PRIMULACEa;. 
Native of | 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Switzerland.! 
2 inches. 
April, May. 
Perennial. 
in 1823. 
No. 602. 
The plant to which the ancients applied the name 
Soldanella had leaves which they fancied like little 
plates of metal or gold coin, whence the name, from 
the Greek solos, a plate of metal ; or solidus, a 
coin. 
We would remind our readers that Solidus was 
first adopted by Constantine as the name of a coin; 
and that in the early part of the fourth century, 
under this converted Roman monarch, Christianity 
extended itself with power and rapidity somewhat 
supernatural. 
This is a remarkably pretty alpine plant, which 
always presents a lively tuft of green foliage, and 
when growing on stone borders, or rock-work, be- 
tween pieces of white gypsum, or large fragments 
of tufa, is ornamental at all times. We need not 
insist on the advantageous effect of such additions 
as these to the flower garden, to such, at least, as 
are entirely of artificial character. 
The Soldanella minima is not so hardy as one 
or two others of the genus, but where alpines are 
not cultivated in pots, it may be planted on a stone 
border, and have a slight protection during frosts. 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
