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Helleborus hyemalis, Winter
Hellebore or Aconite
Helleborus hyemalis. Winter Hellebore, or Aconite
Class and Order
Polyandria PolygyniaA
Generic Character
Calyx 0. Petala 5 sive plura. Nectaria bilabiata, tubulata. Capsulæ
polyspermæ erectiusculæ
Specific Character and Synonyms
HELLEBORUS hyemalis flore folio infidente. Linn.
Syst. Vegetab. p. 431. Sp. Pl. p. 783.
ACONITUM unifolium bulbosum. Bauh. Pin. 183.
The Winter's Wolfesbane. Park. Parad. p. 214.
Grows wild in Lombardy, Italy, and Austria, affects mountainous
situations, flowers with us in February, and hence is liable to be
cut off by severe frosts. "Is propagated by offsets, which the roots
send out in plenty. These roots may be taken up and transplanted any
time after their leaves decay, which is generally by the beginning
of June till October, when they will begin to put out new fibres;
but as the roots are small and nearly the color of the ground, so if
care is not taken to search for them, many of the roots will be left
in the ground. These roots should be planted in small clusters,
otherwise they will not make a good appearance, for single flowers
scattered about the borders of these small kinds are scarce seen at
a distance; but when these and the Snowdrops are alternately planted
in bunches, they will have a good effect, as they flower at the same
time, and are much of a size." Millers Gard. Dict.
Footnote
[A] Most of the Hellebores vary greatly in the
number of their pistils, which in general are too few to justify the
placing those plants in the order Polygynia.
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