FUNKIA GALANTHUS. 



12ft 



underside; radical leaves on long 

 stalks, broadly oval, somewhat heart- 

 shaped at the base, pointed at the tip, 

 regularly folded, and decurrent on the 

 stalk, which is grooved; stem -leaves 

 alternate, small, and nearly sessile. 



Native of Japan. Borders and 



edgings, in ordinary soil. Division. 



Funkiajaponica (Sweet F.) Hemero- 

 callis japonica F. grandiflora. A 

 beautiful and delightfully fragrant 

 plant, 1 ft. to 16 in. or more in 

 height. Flowers, from July to Septem- 

 ber, numerous, large, funnel-shaped, 

 curved, milk-white, with an odour 

 like that of orange-blossoms, slightly 

 inclining to one side, nearly 4 in. long 

 and 2 in. across, accompanied by oval 

 leafy bracts longer than the pedicels. 

 Leaves, of a lively or light green, glis- 

 tening, especially on the upper-side, 

 large, oval-heart-shaped, pointed, with 

 marked parallel veins. The young 

 leaves are a favourite prey of slugs 



and snails. Japan. Borders of all 



kinds, the rock-garden, and naturalized 

 in groups on sunny slopes and banks 

 where there is a warm soil. About 

 Paris this plant is grown in vast quan- 

 tities as an edging plant, etc., but with 

 us it does not appear to flower regu- 

 larly unless in sunny spots and in 

 warm, well-drained, and very sandy 

 loam. Division. 



Funkia Sieboldi (Sieboltfs F.) A 

 graceful and noble plant, remarkable 

 for the elegance of its foliage ; 1 ft. to 

 16 in. high. Flowers, in summer; 

 large, bluish, or light lilac, in a 

 crowded group of unilateral pendent 

 blossoms growing from the axils of 

 lanceolate bracts, of which the lower 

 ones are longer than the accompany- 

 ing flowers. Leaves, large, broadly- 

 ovate-acute, heart-shaped ; at the base 

 glaucous, slightly waved, elegantly 

 and regularly veined or figured. 



Japan. Borders, groups or beds of 



fine perennials, and even as isolated 



specimens on grass when fully deve- 

 loped. It thrives best in, and is well 

 worthy of, a deep peat soil or a free 

 loam well enriched with vegetable 

 matter. Division. 



Gaillardia aristata (Bristly Gaillar- 

 dia). A handsome perennial, growing 

 from 1 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in sum- 

 mer ; yellow, 1 to 3 in. across. Leaves, 4 

 to 6 in. long ; lower ones lance-shaped, 

 tapering into slender stalks, sinuately 

 pinnatifid ; upper ones stalkless, en- 

 tire. North America. Borders, in 



well-drained soil. Seed or division. 



Gaillardia lanceolata (Lanceolate G.) 

 G. perennis. 1 ft. to 1 ft. high. 

 Flowers, late in summer ; about 2 in. 

 across ; disk purplish ; florets of the 

 ray saffron-yellow marked with a 

 purplish spot at the base ; scales of the 

 head hairy on the outside. Leaves, 

 alternate, lanceolate, sometimes en- 

 tire, sometimes cut. Stem, branching, 

 tufted. A variety, sometimes called 

 the Golden-fleece G., has very large 

 slightly fragrant blooms, with florets 

 of the ray of an almost uniform yellow 

 with faint reddish furrows towards 

 the claw ; florets of the disk orange- 

 yellow changing into red. North 



America. Borders, in ordinary soil. 



Division. 



Gaillardia loiseli (Loisel's G.) A 

 hardy herbaceous perennial, with a 

 simple, furrowed, woolly stem, about; 

 l^ ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 3^ in. 

 across ; petals trifid, brilliant orange - 

 red for three-quarters of their length, 

 the extremities clear yellow. Leaves, 

 lance-shaped, pointed, with a very 

 broad base, sessile, rough, striated, 

 and covered with a fine down. North 

 America. Borders, in good well- 

 drained soil. Division. 



Galanthus Imperati (Imperati's Snow- 

 drop) G.plicatus, Tenore. Resembles 

 G. nivalis, but is double the size in all 

 its parts, and flowers later; external 

 divisions of the flower ovate-oblong, 



