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succession, purplish-red, in umbels ; 

 bracts few, broad. Leaves, pinnate ; 

 leaflets oblong, deeply cut; rach is with- 

 out teeth ; lower leaflets opposite 

 and rather larger than the others. 

 Pyrenees. Borders and the rock- 

 garden, in good soil. It is also a fine 

 plant for naturalization on banks or 

 slopes. Seed and division. 



Erodium petrseum (Rock Herorfs- 

 bill). A graceful and pretty little 

 rock-plant ; 3 to 6 in. high, flowers, 

 in early summer ; lively rose, or white 

 and veined, but not spotted ; pedun- 

 cles many-flowered, and with the 

 pedicels hairy ; petals retuse, twice as 

 long as the calyx. Leaves, smoothish, 

 pinnate, with deeply divided segments, 

 and lance-shaped or linear lobes ; ra- 

 chis-toothed ; lower leaflets opposite, 

 and rather larger than the others. 

 Pyrenees, on rocks. The rock- 

 garden, in dry warm fissures or ledges, 

 in sandy well-drained loam. Seed 

 or careful division. 



Erodium Reichardi (Fairy Heron's- 

 bill). A minute, tufted, stemless herb, 

 with little heart-shaped leaves, that 

 rest upon the ground, and flower- 

 stems that attain a height of only 2 or 

 3 in. Flowers, from early summer 

 often till autumn ; white, faintly 

 veined with pink ; solitary, rather 

 large for the size of the plant; 

 petals larger than the calyx. Leaves, 

 small, heart-shaped, crenated, obtuse, 

 smoothish. Majorca. The rock- 

 garden, in tufts, or carpets, in any soil. 

 It is also a neat subject for growing 

 in pans. Division. 



Erodium romanum (Roman Heron's- 

 bill). A species with gracefully-cut 

 leaves, allied to the British E. cicu- 

 tarium, but differing by having larger 

 flowers, and by being a perennial; 

 6 to 9 in. high. Flowers, in spring 

 or early summer ; purplish ; peduncles 

 many- flowered ; petals equal, longer 

 thau the calyx ; bracts numerous. 



Leaves, pinnate ; leaflets ovate, deeply 

 cut ; rachis without teeth. Root thick, 

 red within. South Europe Bor- 

 ders, in ordinary dry soils. Seed. 



Erodium trichomanefolium (Fern- 

 leaved E. ) A very graceful little kind, 

 with leaves so deeply cut as to re- 

 semble a fern ; 4 to 6 in. high. Flowers, 

 in early summer ; flesh-coloured, with 

 darker veins ; peduncles 4 -flowered ; 

 petals blunt, a little longer than the 

 calyx. Leaves, bipinnate, hairy; lo- 

 bules oblong-linear. Mount Lebanon. 



The rock-garden, in warm chinks 



and ledges, in well- drained very 

 sandy loam. I have not yet seen this 

 species with us, but noticed it thriv- 

 ing in the botanic garden at Geneva, 

 a year or two since. Seed or careful 

 division. 



Erpetion reniforme (New Holland 

 Violet}. Viola hederacea. A charm- 

 ing, but somewhat tender little plant ; 

 about 2 in. high. Flowers, through- 

 out the summer ; blue and white, one 

 on each stalk ; petals reflexed, the 

 two side ones furnished with a beard 

 on the upper side; sepals lance- shaped. 

 Leaves, small, crowded, kidney- shaped, 

 unevenly toothed, dotted. New Hol- 

 land about Port Jackson. The 



rock-garden, and occasionally as a car- 

 pet plant in beds or borders. Except 

 in very mild districts, it will perish 

 in winter, but even if it did so every- 

 where, it is worthy of being annually 

 propagated, to plant out every May. 

 In light soil. Division. 



Eryngium alpinnm (Alpine Eryngo). 

 An interesting and handsome pe- 

 rennial, the flowers of which are 

 surrounded with an azure blue invo- 

 lucre; 14 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; blue, sometimes white, with 

 green anthers, in oblong heads ; bracts 

 12 to 20, soft, rather longer than the 

 head of flowers ; outer ones pinnatifid ; 

 inner deeply serrato-ciliate. Leaves, 

 root and lower stem ones on long 



