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EEITRICHIUM ERODIUM. 



garden, in any soil. No plant is more 

 easily established on walls or ruins, 

 or more beautiful and long-lived on 

 them. Seed. 



Eritrichium nannm (Fairy Borage}. 

 A dwarf Alpine gem, growing in 

 dense tufts ; 2 or 3 in. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; of a brilliant sky-blue 

 with small yellow eye, very much 

 resembling those of Myosotis alpestris, 

 but larger and of a lighter hue, just 

 appearing above the foliage. Leaves, 

 oblong, or oblong-obovate, covered, as 

 are the flower- stalks and calyx, with 

 long, silky, white hairs; the lower 

 leaves forming dense rosettes above 

 the withered and persistent foliage of 

 former years ; the upper ones smaller 

 and not so closely set. Root woody, 

 simple, blackish, generally of extra- 

 ordinary length. Granitic Alps of 

 Switzerland and France. The rock- 

 garden, in the most select spots, and 

 among the choicest and dwarfest 

 alpine plants, in moist, sandy, or 

 gritty loam, deep, and kept thoroughly 

 moist in summer. The plants should 

 be in a fully exposed position, and 

 closely surrounded by half-buried 

 stones, if not planted immediately 

 against the sides of rocks or stones. 

 Seed. 



Er odium alpinnm (Alpine K) This 

 has the habit and general character of 

 E. Manescavi, but is smaller ; 6 to 8 

 in. high. Flowers, continuously from 

 spring to autumn; of a handsome vio- 

 let reddish or carmine, about an inch 

 across, arranged in umbels of 6 to 10 

 flowers each ; petals obtuse ; calyx 

 small, with long-pointed sepals. Leaves, 

 smooth, twice pinnatind, with a 

 toothed midrib. South of Europe. 

 The rock-garden and borders in sandy 

 loam. Seed or division. 



Erodium caruifolium (Caraway- 

 leaved E.) A hardy, herbaceous pe- 

 rennial, with erect, leafless flower- 

 atems ; 6 to 10 in. high. Flowers, in 



spring and early summer ; red, about 

 4 in. across ; in umbels of 9 or 10 

 blossoms. Leaves, very graceful, 8 or 

 9 in. long, alternately pinnate ; leaflets 

 very deeply cut, twice divided ; midrib 

 and under side of leaves covered with 



soft, white, downy hairs. Spain. 



The rock-garden, or margins of borders 

 in light or calcareous soil. In this kind 

 of soil it might also be naturalized in 

 bare places. Division or seed. 



Erodium hymenodes (Pelargonium 

 E.} Somewhat like a cut- leaved Pe- 

 largonium in appearance ; 6 to 15 in. 

 high. Flowers, all spring and summer ; 

 pinkish, the upper petals having a 

 reddish-brown spot at the base ; stalka 

 many-flowered. Leaves, somewhat 3- 

 lobed, very blunt, deeply-toothed ; 

 stipules and bracts ovate; stem 

 shrubby at the base, erect, branched, 

 clothed with soft hairs. In fis- 

 sures of rocks on Mount Atlas. 



Borders, very rough rock work, or natu- 

 ralization in chalk-pits, etc., in any 

 dryish soil. It is scarcely worthy of 

 a place in any but a botanical collec- 

 tion. Seed or cuttings. 



Erodium macradenum (Black-eyed E.) 

 Nearly allied to E. petrceum ; 2 to 6 

 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; of a 

 delicate flesh colour, veined with 

 purplish rose ; the two upper petals 

 marked with a large, blackish spot ; 2 

 to 6 blooms on each stem. Leaves, 

 twice divided, forming graceful little 

 tufts, and possessing a peculiar and 



aromatic fragrance. Pyrenees. 



The rock- garden, in dry chinks and 

 ledges, or in borders, where the soil 

 is dry and warm. Division or seed. 



Erodium Manescavi (Showy Heron's- 

 Mil). A very large and handsome 

 species, 10 in. to 2 ft. high, with nu- 

 merous long, much - divided leaves, 

 and flower-stems bearing 5 to 15 

 handsome flowers, each more than an 

 inch across. Flowers, in summer ; 

 and in young plants for a long time in 



