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CONVALLARIA CONVOLVULUS. 



interesting little plant, 6 to 8 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; small, with re- 

 flexed segments, white, fragrant, on 

 long pedicels, in a rather dense, ter- 

 minal raceme, resembling a spike. 

 Leaves, 2, on short stalks, oval, deeply 

 heart-shaped, pointed, marked with a 

 fine tracery of nerves and veins. 

 Berries, yellow, with brown spots. 

 Native of most parts of Europe, in 



low meadows and damp w^ods. 



Borders, or the rock-garden, in almost 

 any kind of soil. Occurring only in 

 one or two places in Britain, it is well 

 worthy of being naturalized in our 

 pleasure-grounds and woods, either in 

 open shady or half -shady places. 

 Division. 



Convallaria majalis (Lily of the 

 Valley). A well-known and favourite 

 old plant, 6 in. to 1 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in spring ; small, white, bell-shaped, 

 very fragrant, hanging in a graceful 

 raceme at the end of an arching flower- 

 stem. Leaves, 2, radical, on long 

 stalks, elliptical -oblong, marked with 

 a delicate tracery of nerves and veins. 

 Native of most parts of Europe, 

 Siberia, Caucasus, and N. America, 

 in woods and thickets. The principal 

 varieties are, one with gold striped 

 leaves, one with pink, and one with 



double flowers. Borders, fringes of 



shrubberies, etc., best in sandy loam. 

 The Lily of the Valley is worthy of 

 being abundantly planted in our plea- 

 sure-grounds and woods, where it 

 does not already occur wild, and in all 

 sorts of positions. Division. 



Convolvulus althaeoides (Mallow 

 Bindweed). A climbing perennial, 

 with stems about 3 ft. long, and 

 silvery leaves. Flowers, in summer; 

 pale rose ; peduncles 2 - flowered. 

 Leaves, heart-shaped, lower ones entire, 

 upper deeply cut into narrow spreading 

 segments, shining and soft. S. Europe. 



Naturalized on dry sandy slopes 



and banks, as a border plant trained 



over stakes, or on rootwork or rough 

 rockwork ; always in light soil. Di- 

 vision. 



Convolvulus bryonisefolius (Bryony- 

 leaved Bindweed). A climbing peren- 

 nial, with leaves very hairy on both 

 sides. Flowers, in summer ; dark 

 rose or reddish purple, large ; pe- 

 duncles axillary, 1 -flowered ; sepals 

 ovate, acute. Leaves, varying in shape 

 but mostly heart-shaped, divided into 

 7 unequal lobes, the centre one the 

 largest ; the stalks usually as long as 

 the leaves and channelled on the up- 

 per side. China. Similar uses and 



positions to those for the preceding 

 kind. Division or seed. 



Convolvulus cantabricus (Canta- 

 Irian Bindweed.) A graceful kind, 

 1 ft. to 16 in. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer; numerous, rose, pale pink, or 

 flesh-coloured, silky on the outside, 

 on long, leafy, loosely -panicled stalks. 

 Leaves, sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 1 to 1| in. long. Stem ascending, 

 not twining, branching, covered 

 with long, spreading, whitish hairs ; 

 seed vessel hairy. South of France. 

 Scarcely hardy on cold soils Bor- 

 ders, warm banks, or in the wilder 

 parts of the rock-garden, in sandy, 

 light, dry soil. Seed. 



Convolvulus Cneorum (Silvery Bind- 

 weed.) A white-leaved, small, ever- 

 green shrub, 1 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; pale rose, hairy outside, 

 produced in clusters at the ends of 

 the short stalks. Leaves, silky, lance- 

 shaped-obovate, blunt, about 2 in. 

 long, and in. broad. Southern 

 Europe. Sunny parts of the rock- 

 garden, and on warm banks, or old 

 chalkpits, always in light, warm soil. 

 This pleasing plant perishes in winter, 

 on cold soils. Seed and cuttings. 



Convolvulus lineatus (Pigmy Con- 

 volvulus). A very diminutive and 

 pretty plant, 3 to 6 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer; deep rose or flesh-coloured, 



