Floral Illustrations of the Seasons / Consisting of the Most Beautiful, Hardy and Rare Herbaceous Plants, Cultivated in the Flower Garden

by Margaret Roscoe

This beautiful little plant is well ascertained to be a native of England and Ireland. According to English Botany, p. 49—it was first gathered in Teesdale Forest, Durham, where it is still obtained for the purposes of sale in London, and other places;—it is also a native of the Alps of Switzerland, where we are told the large patches of it produce a brilliant and striking effect:—it is perfectly hardy, but requires a pure air, and succeeds best in bog-soil—from its low growth and general habit, it is well adapted to ornament rock work, and from the shelter there afforded, it will begin to flower as early as March, and continue in beauty some time—it may be increased by parting the roots early in the Autumn:—the Gentiana lutea, is celebrated for its medicinal properties, and is a handsome herbaceous plant; the other desirable species are

G. crinita.	purpurea.
— asclepedia.	septemfida.
— saponaria.	acaulis.
— alpina.	pneunomanthe.

Pl. 13.

Plate 14. Soldanella Clusii.
Drawn from Nature by M.R. Engraved by R. Havell Jun^r.

SOLDANELLA Clusii.

Clusius's Soldanella.

Class and Order.—Pentandria Monogynia.

Syn.	Soldanella Clusii.	Curt. Bot. Mag. pl. 2163.
—	Soldanella montana?	Sweet's B. F. G. vol. 1. p. 11.