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EUPATORIUM FERULA. 



nerved, coarsely toothed. North 



America. Borders, naturalization 



in woods, margins of shrubberies, or 

 by wood- walks, in any soil. Division. 



Eupatorium aromaticum (Aromatic 

 Hemp Agrimony). Another stout 

 kind, 3 to 4 ft. high. Flowers, late 

 in summer ; pure white, in loose 

 corymbs, 8 to 20 in a head, mostly 12 

 to 15. Leaves, opposite, on short 

 stalks, sometimes almost stalkless, 

 rounded, narrowed towards the stalk, 

 with blunt teeth, 3 -nerved. There is 

 usually considerable variety in the 

 form of the leaves, length of stalks, 

 etc. , of this species. North America. 



Borders, margins of shrubberies, 



or naturalization in copses, etc., in 

 any soil. Division. 



Eupatorium purpureum (Purple 

 Hemp Agrimony). A stout, usually 

 simple stemmed kind, 3 to 6 ft. high. 

 Flowers, late in summer ; purplish, in a 

 corymb, 5 to 9 in each head. Leaves, 

 3 to 6 in a whorl, rough, of a very 

 dark greeu, somewhat ovate or lance- 

 shaped, more or less stalked, pointed, 

 slightly downy beneath, unequally 



toothed. North America. Moist 



borders, and naturalization by the 

 banks of rivulets, etc. Division. 



Euphorbia Cyparissias (Cypress 

 Spurge). A distinct and pleasing- 

 looking perennial, 1 to 1 or 2 ft. 

 high. Flowers, in spring or early 

 summer; yellow, produced in umbels ; 

 rays once or twice forked ; leaves of 

 the involucre about twenty, semi- 

 circular, broader than long, often 

 yellow ; glands of the involucre some- 

 what heart-shaped and rather pointed. 

 Leaves, linear, quite entire, somewhat 

 crowded; those of the branches very 

 narrow. Barren fields and roadsides 



in Central and Southern Europe. 



Borders, banks, and fringes of shrub- 

 beries, or naturalized on rough rocky 

 ground or wild slopes, in any soil. 

 Division. 



Euphorbia Myrsinites (Glaucous 

 Spurge}. A prostrate kind, with 

 handsome, whitish, fleshy leaves. 

 Flowers, in early summer ; yellow, in 

 an umbel of from 5 to 9 rays, sur- 

 rounded by an involucre of as many 

 ovate, sharp leaflets narrower than 

 the leaves ; calyces serrate about the 

 edges. Leaves, concave, sea-green, 

 stalkless; the upper ones turned back. 



Southern Europe. Borders, and 



occasionally in the rock-garden, in 

 almost any soil. Seed. 



Euphorbia portlandica (Portland 

 Spurge}. A dwarf species with stems 

 rather shrubby, ascending or decum- 

 bent, cylindrical, smooth, and red, 

 especially in winter ; from a few 

 inches to a foot high. Flowers, in 

 summer; in terminal umbels of 5 

 forked rays ; leaves of the involucre 

 broadly heart-shaped. Leaves, pale 

 green or glaucous, linear- obovate, 

 pointed, smooth, crowded, spreading ; 

 stem-leaves narrower. Europe and 



Britain. Worth a place in the wild 



garden for the sake of its coloured 

 stems. Propagated by division or 

 seed. 



Ferula asparagifolia (Asparagus-like 

 F.) An elegant perennial, with very 

 graceful and finely-cut leaves ; 4 to 5 

 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; yellow, 

 borne in umbels, of which the central 

 one is rather shortly stalked. Radical 

 leaves, 1 ft. to 2 ft. long (including 

 the leaf stalk), broadly ovate in out- 

 line, 4 times pinnate, the divisions 

 very narrow, linear, pointed, and set 

 with hairs ; upper stem -leaves reduced 

 to short sheaths, the lowest of them 

 bearing a short pinnate limb, the 

 upper ones oblong, hooded; leaves, 

 both of the partial and the general 

 involucrum numerous, oblong-lanceo- 

 late, acute, reflexed. Asia Minor, 

 near Smyrna, Budja, and Magnesia. 

 Borders, groups of fme-foliaged 



