SCABIOSA 



(From the Latin jcabo, to tcratch, because supposed to cure eruptions) 

 Dipsacacta 



109. Scabiosa caucasica 

 English Names: Pin cushion flower, Blue bonnet. 



CAUCASUS JUNE THROUGH SEPTEMBER 



1ARGE light blue flowers with a single row of rather irregular rays 

 -^ and full rounded centre of little florets, borne terminally on long 

 erect stems eighteen inches to two feet high. Leaves small, narrow, and 

 divided, grayish green 

 and insignificant. Good 

 for the herbaceous border, 

 when massed where other 

 plants supply its lack of 

 foliage, on account of its 

 fine color and long season 

 of bloom if not allowed 

 to seed. Excellent for 

 cutting. 



A hardy perennial of 

 easy culture in any 

 good garden soil, in sun. 

 Should be protected by 

 a covering of leaves in 

 winter. 



Propagate by seed or 

 by division. 



Var. alba. A pure 

 white flowering form 

 otherwise similar to the 

 type. Excellent. 



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