GARDEN FLOWERS. 1/5 



beria; 1785. G.tinctoria (dyer's); hardy shrub ; 3 feet; flow- 

 ers yellow, in June ; England. 



There are double-flowered varieties. 



Gentiana. [Gentianaceae.] Beautiful hardy herbaceous 

 plants. They should be planted in good rich soil, and most 

 of them prefer a considerable proportion of peat earth. They 

 are propagated readily by dividing the plant in autumn or 

 spring. The hardy annual and biennial species are of much 

 less horticultural importance. 



G. acaulis (Gentianella) ; hardy perennial ; 3 inches ; flowers 

 blue, in May ; Wales. G. algida (cold) ; hardy perennial ; 6 

 inches ; flowers white, in June ; Siberia ; 1808. G. Altaica 

 (Altaic) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers purple, in May ; Si- 

 beria; 1824. G. aschpiadea (asclepias-like) ; hardy perennial ; 

 I foot ; flowers blue or white, in July ; Austria ; 1629. G. 

 atirea (golden) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers yellow, in 

 August; Norway; 1823. G. Bavarica (Bavarian); hardy per- 

 ennial ; 3 inches; flowers blue, in July; Germany; 1775. G, 

 C^/^i'^^/ (Catesby's) ; hardy perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers blue, 

 in June; North America; 1803. G. ciliata (hair-fringed); 

 hardy perennial ; 9 inches ; flowers blue, in July ; Germany ; 

 1759. G. crinita (fringed); hardy perennial ; flowers sky-blue, 

 in October; North America; 1804. G. cruciata (crossed); 

 hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers blue, in June ; Austria ; 1596. 

 G.Jijnbriata (fringed) ; hardy perennial ; 6 inches ; flowers blue, 

 in August; Caucasus; 181 8. G. Fortimi (Fortune's); hardy 

 perennial ; 18 inches ; flowers deep-blue, spotted with white, in 

 July; north of China; 1852. G.frigida (frigid); hardy peren- 

 nial ; I foot ; flowers white, in July ; Carpathian Mountains ; 

 1 81 7. G. glacialis (icy); hardy biennial ; i foot; flowers blue, 

 in August; north of Europe; 181 9. G. bitea (yellow); hardy 

 perennial; 4 feet; flowers yellow, in July; Alps; 1596. G. 

 macrophylla (large-leaved) ; hardy perennial ; i foot ; flowers 

 blue, in July ; Siberia ; 1796. G. Paiuioftica (Pannonian); hardy 

 perennial ; i foot ; flowers purple, in July ; Alps. G. pneumo- 



