FOXGLOVE  , a genus of biennial and perennial See also:

• PLANTS

plants of the natural See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order See also:

• SCROPHULARIACEAE

Scrophulariaceae . The See also:

• COMMON

common or See also:

• PURPLE

purple foxglove, Foxglove (See also:

• DIGITALIS

Digitalis purpurea), one-third nat. See also:

• SIZE

size . 1 . Corolla cut open showing the showing the thick axial pia- four stamens; rather more centa bearing numerous small than See also:

• HALF

half nat. size. seeds . 2 . Unripe See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit cut lengthwise, 3 . Ripe See also:

• CAPSULE (from the Lat. capsula, a small box)

capsule split open . D. purpurea, is common in dry hilly pastures and rocky places and by road-sides in various parts of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe; it ranges in See also:

• GREAT

Great See also:

• BRITAIN (Gr. Hperavuml vi7vot, Bperravia; Lat. Britannia, rarely Britannia)

Britain from See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall and See also:

• KENT
• KENT, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• KENT, JAMES (1763-1847)
• KENT, WILLIAM (1685-1748)

Kent to See also:

• ORKNEY, EARL OF
• ORKNEY, ELIZABETH HAMILTON, COUNTESS OF
• ORKNEY, GEORGE HAMILTON, EARL OF (1666–1737)

Orkney, but it does not It flourishes best in siliceous soils, and is not found in the See also:

• JURA
• JURA (" deer island ")

Jura and Swiss See also:

• ALPS

Alps . The characters of the plant are as follows: See also:

• STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem erect, roundish, downy, leafy below, and from 18 in. to 5 ft. or more in height; leaves alternate, crenate, rugose, ovate or elliptic oblong, and of a dull See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green, witli the under See also:

• SURFACE

surface downy and paler than the upper; See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical leaves together with their stalks often a See also:

• FOOT

foot in length; See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root of numerous, slender, whitish See also:

• FIBRES
• FIBRES (or FIBERS, in American spelling; from Lat. fibra, apparently connected either with filum, thread, or findere, to split)

fibres; See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers 14-2J in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, pendulous, on one See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the stem, purplish See also:

• CRIMSON

crimson, and hairy and marked with See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye-like spots within; segments of calyx ovate, acute, cleft to the See also:

• BASE

base; corolla See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

bell-shaped'with a broadly two-lipped obtuse mouth, the upper See also:

• LIP (a word common in various forms, to Teutonic languages, cf Ger. Lippe, Dan. laebe; Lat. labium is cognate)

lip entire or obscurely divided; stamens four, two longer than the other two (didynamous); anthers yellow and bilobed; capsule bivalved, ovate and pointed; and seeds numerous, small, oblong, pitted and of a See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown . As See also:

• PARKINSON, JAMES (d. 1824)

Parkinson re-marks of the plant, " It flowreth seldome before See also:

• JULY

July, and the See also:

• SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed is ripe in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August "; but it may occasionally be found in blossom as See also:

• LATE

late as See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September . Many varieties of the common foxglove have been raised by cultivation, with flowers varying in See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour from See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white to deep See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose and purple; in the variety gloxinioides the flowers are almost See also:

• REGULAR

regular, suggesting those of the cultivated See also:

• GLOXINIA

gloxinia . Other See also:

• SPECIES

species of foxglove with variously coloured flowers have been introduced into Britain from the See also:

• CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of Europe .

The plants may be propagated by unflowered off-sets from the roots, but being biennials are best raised from seed . The foxglove, probably from folks'-See also:

• GLOVE (O. Eng. glof, perhaps connected with Gothic lofa, the palm of the hand)

glove, that is fairies' glove, is known by a great variety of popular names in Britain . In the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south of See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland it is called bloody fingers; farther See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, dead-men's-bells; and on the eastern See also:

• BORDERS, THE

borders, ladies' thimbles, See also:

• WILD, JONATHAN (c. 1682-1725)

wild See also:

• MERCURY
• MERCURY (MERCU1uus)
• MERCURY (symbol Hg, atomic weight = 2oo)

mercury and Scotch mercury . In See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland it is generally known under the name of See also:

• FAIRY (Fr. fee, faerie; Prov. facia; Sp. hada; Ital. fata; med. Lat. fatare, to enchant, from Lat. fatum, fate, destiny)

fairy See also:

• THIMBLE

thimble . Among its Welsh synonyms are menyg-ellyllon (elves' gloves), menyg y llwynog (See also:

• FOX
• FOX, C
• FOX, CHARLES JAMES (1749-1806)
• FOX, EDWARD (c. 1496-1538)
• FOX, GEORGE (1624-1691)
• FOX, RICHARD (c. 1448-1528)
• FOX, ROBERT WERE (1789—1877)
• FOX, SIR STEPHEN (1627–1716)
• FOX, SIR WILLIAM (1812-1893)

fox's gloves), bysedd cochion (redfingers) and bysedd y cwn (See also:

• DOG

dog's fingers) . In See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France its designations are pints de notre See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

dame and doigts de la See also:

• VIERGE, DANIEL (1851-1904)

Vierge . The See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German name Fingerhut (thimble) suggested to See also:

• FUCHS, JOHANN NEPOMUK VON (1774-1856)
• FUCHS, LEONHARD (15o1-1566)

Fuchs, in 1542, the employment of the Latin See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective digitalis as a designation for the plant . Other species of foxglove or Digitalis although found in botanical collections are not generally grown .