Globe flower

Globe-flower (Trollius Europaeus) - Grows about 15 inches high, has lemon-yellow flowers, and is an extremely variable plant, so much so that almost every locality has its particular form. Raised from seed it also gives much variety in habit, flowers, and foliage, two of the choicest forms being albus, with creamy white flowers, and superbus, with large flowers of soft pale yellow. T. europaeus has various forms. A few of these are distinct, dauricus being noted for its large bloom and large much-divided leaves on long olive-green foot-stalks. There is also T. albiflorus, with white flowers, found on the mountain tops in Colorado.

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Trollius Acaulis

Trollius Acaulis - A native of the Himalayan Mountains, and one of the most charming dwarf bog plants, 4 to 6 inches in height, its bright yellow flowers, 2 inches across, suffused with purple-brown on the outside. It is hardy, and will be found most useful for the low or moist spots in the rock garden.

Trollius Asiaticus

Trollius Asiaticus - range Globe-flower), which also includes chinensis, Fortunei, and other forms, has rich orange-yellow flowers and bright orange-red anthers, is hardy even in the most exposed positions, and differs from the European Globe-flowers chiefly in its less globular flowers, small finely-divided foliage, and taller growth. China and Japan.

Trollius Ledebouri

Trollius Ledebouri - A valuable late-flowering species with rich orange flowers and conspicuously protruding stamens. Very desirable, too, is T. pumilis yunnanensis from China, with handsome glossy foliage and large, almost slaver-shaped, clear yellow flowers.

Bees' var.

Bees var. (Trollius Patulus) - A pleasant surprise—the handsomest hardy flower since the coming of the Pontic Kingcup-of the richest, softest yellow. It makes me regret my neglect of the Globe-flowers, and resolve to plant a big group of them, with this Kingcup, in a good place.