Mr. W. F. Bassett, Hammonton, N. J., says: "Years ago, in my boyhood, when roaming over the fields and in the forests of 'the Old Bay State ' in search of nature's floral treasures, I found several Hepaticas of remarkable beauty and semi-double. One of these was deep velvety blue, and one deep pink. I removed them to the garden and kept them for several years, and if I could now get hold of varieties as fine, would prize them higher than many of the high priced novelties".

[In gardens in Europe there are varieties of double and single and of many shades of colors; and possibly these are already in some American gardens where hardy herbaceous plants are appreciated. - Ed. G. M].