STATICE 



STATISTICS 



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bearing 1 Ions terminal spike and several distant, ses- 

 sile lateral ones 4-6 in. long, nearly Y* in. through: fls. 

 rose, small, nearly sessile, crowded. June, July. 

 Western Turkestan. B.M. 6959. — A handsome annual, 

 suitable for growing in masses and useful for cut 

 blooms. 



2. superba, Regel. A hardy annual resembling -S. 

 Suworowi, but with the spikes densely crowded into a 

 pyramidal panicle. Asia. —According to Wm. Falconer 

 in G.F. 1:283, this species is not as handsome nor as 

 vigorous as S. Suworowi. Var. flore-albo, Benary, is 

 also offered. 



3. sinuata, Linn. A biennial plant which may be 

 treated as an annual, about 1 ft. high, of a spreading 

 growth: lvs. lyrate-pinnatifid, the lobes round, the ter- 

 minal bearing a bristle: scapes several, 3-5-winged, the 

 wings produced into linear leaf -like appendages: 

 branches several, 3-winged: floral branchlets or pe- 

 duncles broadly 3-winged, the wings dilated below the 

 spikelet and prolonged into 3 unequal triangular, acute 

 appendages: spikelets 3-4-fld. : corolla white; calyx 

 large, blue. Late summer. Mediterranean region of 

 Europe. B.M. 71. 



4. macrophylla, Brouss. (S. Hdlfordi, Hort., is a gar- 

 den form of this species). A tender, somewhat shrubby 

 species 3—4 ft. high: stem branched and bearing clus- 

 ters of large, sessile, ovate-spatulate lvs. : scape leaf- 

 less, much branched into a large, paniculate corymb: 

 branches winged: spikelets 2-fld. : calyx blue; corolla 

 white. B.M. 4125. B.R. 31:7.-Cult. in S. Calif. 

 Makes a good pot-plant for winter flowering in a cool 

 greenhouse. T. D. Hatfield, in G.F. 9:496, s : ays: "Old 

 plants are somewhat subject to stem-rot. Plants should 

 be grown in rather undersized pots, in a light soil with 

 which some charcoal has been incorporated, and given 

 perfect drainage, as excessive moisture at the roots is 

 fatal. Propagation is effected by cuttings of the side 

 shoots placed in a cool propagating bed, or better by 

 layering, which is well accomplished in summer by 

 making a notch in each of the side branches and then 

 burying the plant in ordinary garden soil below the in- 

 cisions." From the Canaries. 



5. speciosa, Linn. A hardy perennial, about 1 ft. 

 high: lvs. obovate, attenuate on the petiole, stiffly and 

 shortly mucronate tipped, often purplish underneath: 

 scape somewhat angled: branches angled and winged, 

 recurved, not crowded, bearing unilateral, scorpioidly 

 capitate, densely imbricate short spikes : calyx per- 

 sistent, crowned with a silvery white funnel-shaped 

 border; corolla purple, very deciduous. Midsummer. 

 Siberia. B.M. 656. 



6. Tatarica, Linn. (S. inc&na, var. hybrida, Hort. 

 8. BesaericLna, Schult.). A hardy perennial, 1-2 ft. 

 high: lvs. tufted, obovate to oblong-spatulate, 4-6 in. 

 long, narrowed into the petiole : scape widely branched : 

 branches triangular, slender, narrowly 3-winged, some- 

 what recurved: spikelets 1-2-fld., in usually lax, simple 

 or branched spikes: fls. 2 lines long, typically red, with 

 several garden varieties. Caucasus. B,M. 6537. — Var. 

 nana, Hort. (S. incana, var. nana), is a dwarf form. 



7. Bonduelli, Lestib. Fig. 2394. A tender annual or 

 biennial plant, about 18 in. high: lvs. radical, spatulate, 

 sinuately lyrate, hairy, subulate-pointed at the apex; 

 lobes rounded, the terminal larger: scapes several from 

 the same root, terete: branches angled, dichotomously 

 cymose; ultimate branchlets obpyramidal, 3-winged, 

 forked at the apex: fls. yellow, individually large for the 

 genus, clustered in the fork of the branchlets or pe- 

 duncles: bracts scarious, the inner furnished with 

 sharp spines. Summer. Algeria. R.H. 1885:276. B.M. 

 5158. F.S. 20:2129. 



8. australis, Spreng. (S. Fortuni, Lindl.). A hardy 

 perennial, about 1 ft. high: lvs. oblong or somewhat 

 spatulate, in a rosette: scape rigid, paniculate: branches 

 angular, brachiate, glabrous: spikelets 4-5-fld., in dense, 

 short, one-sided spikes: fls. yellow, small. Late sum- 

 mer. China. B.R. 31:63. 



9. Limdnium, Linn. (S. maritima. Lam., in part). A 

 hardy perennial, about 1 ft. high: lvs. ovate to oblong, 

 entire, 2-6 in. long, attenuate on the long petiole: scape 



nearly terete, repeatedly forked, forming a corymbose 

 panicle: spikelets 1-3-fld., in short, dense, 1 -sided 

 spikes: fls. bluish purple. Seaeoast of Europe, N. 

 Africa, etc. — 5. maritima, Mill., is Armeria maritima. 



10. Gmelini, Willd. A hardy perennial 1-2 ft. high : 

 lvs. glabrous, broadly ovate or obovate, very shortly 

 petioled or sessile: scape terete below, angled above, 

 densely corymbose-paniculate: spikelets usually 2-fld., 

 in dense, imbricated scorpioid spikes: fls. blue. Late 

 summer. E. Eu. and Asiatic Russia. 



11. colllna, Griseb. (S. Be&seriana, Frivald). A 

 glaucous perennial with oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate 

 lvs. sharply awned, attenuate on the petiole: scape co- 

 rymbosely paniculate from near the base, the branches 

 triangular, wide - spreading : spikelets 1-fld., in dense, 

 short, numerous fascicle-like spikes: fls. rose. South- 

 eastern Europe and Asia Minor. 



12. eximia, Schrenk. A hardy perennial 1-2 ft. high: 

 lvs. obovate or oblong, attenuate on the petiole, mucro- 

 nate tipped, margins whitish: scape erect: branches 

 not further divided, terete, pubescent: spikes ovate, 

 crowded, somewhat unilateral: spikelets 4-fld.: calyx 

 green; corolla lilac -rose. August. Songoria. B.R. 

 33:2. 



13. elata, Fisch. A hardy perennial about 2 ft. high: 

 lvs. large, obovate, very obtuse, usually recurved at 

 apex and mucronate, long - attenuate on the petiole: 

 scapes much branched above: branches spreading, re- 

 curved, hairy triangular : spikelets 2-Hd., in ovate, 

 loosely imbricated spikes: fls. blue. July, Aug. South- 

 ern Russia. 





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2394. Statice Bonduelli. 

 The flowers are about one-third inch across. 



14. latifolia, Sm. A hardy deep-rooting perennial 

 about 2 ft. high: lvs. large, oblong-elliptical, obtuse, at- 

 tenuate on the petiole : scape very much branched : 

 branches terete or angled : panicle large, spreading: 

 spikelets 1-fld., rarely 2-fld., in lax, narrow spikes: fls. 

 blue. Midsummer. Russia. — A handsome plant. 

 Should be given a very deep soil in a sunny position 

 and left undisturbed. 



5. Armaria, Linn., is Armeria maritima.— S. grandiflora, 

 Hort.=Armeria latifolia. — S. purpurea. Koch — Armeria elon- 

 gata. — tS\ Pseudo-armeria, Pax.=Armeria latifolia. — 5. undu- 

 lata, Bory & Chaub.=Armeria argyrocephala. 



F. W. Barclay. 



STATISTICS concerning horticulture are very imper- 

 fect, widely scattered and not always available. The 

 United States Department of Agriculture has published 

 statistics of horticulture in various publications. The 

 Synoptical Index of the Reports of the Statistician. 

 1863 to 1894, is a document of 258 pages published in 

 1897. The Section of Foreign Markets has issued many 

 statistical pamphlets of great interest to importers and 

 exporters of horticultural products. Market-gardening, 



