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FRITILLARY (Fritillaria: from See also:Lat. fritillus, a See also:chess-See also:board, so called from the chequered markings on the petals) , a genus of See also:hardy bulbous See also:plants of the natural See also:order See also:Liliaceae, containing about 50 See also:species widely distributed in the See also:northern hemisphere. The genus is represented in See also:Britain by the fritillary or snake's See also:head, which occurs in moist meadows in the See also:southern See also:half of See also:England, especially in See also:Oxfordshire. A much larger plant is the See also:crown imperial (F. imperialis), a native of western See also:Asia and well known in gardens. This grows to a height of about 3 ft., the See also:lower See also:part of the stoutish See also:stem being furnished with leaves, while near the See also:top is See also:developed a crown of large See also:pendant See also:flowers surmounted' by a tuft of See also:bright See also:green leaves like those of the lower part of the stem, only smaller. The flowers are See also:bell-shaped, yellow or red, and in some of the forms See also:double. The plant grows freely in See also:good See also:garden See also:soil, preferring a deep well-drained See also:loam, and is all the better for a top-dressing of manure as it approaches the flowering See also:stage. Strong clumps of five or six roots of one See also:kind have a very See also:fine effect. It is a very suitable subject for the back See also:row in mixed See also:flower See also:borders, or for recesses in the front part of shrubbery borders. It flowers in See also:April or See also:early in May. There are a few named varieties, but the most generally grown are the single and double yellow, and the single and double red,the single red having also two variegated varieties, with the leaves striped respectively with See also:white and yellow. " Fritillary " is also the name of a kind of butterfly.

End of Article: FRITILLARY (Fritillaria: from Lat. fritillus, a chess-board, so called from the chequered markings on the petals)

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