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ing, by the bracts under the flowers, 

 and by flowering rather earlier. 



Armenia. Borders, in ordinary 



soil, and naturalization in open spots 

 in woods, copses, etc. Division or seed. 



Papaver pilosum (Pilose Poppy). 

 A showy species, distinguished by 

 its very hairy stems and pale green 

 foliage ; 1 to 2 ft. high. Floivers, in 

 summer; brick-red or deep orange, 

 with a whitish spot at the base of 

 each petal ; equal in size to those of 

 P. lateritium, solitary on the tops of 

 the naked stalks ; sepals pilose. Leaves, 

 of the root oblong ; stem-leaves ovate- 

 oblong with serrated lobes, pilose on 

 both sides, cut, stem- clasping ; stem 

 densely, clothed with spreading hairs. 



Bithynia, on Mount Olympus. 



Borders, in sandy soil. Division and 



Paradisia Liliastrum (St. Bruno's 

 Lily). Czackia. Anthericum. An 

 elegant alpine meadow plant, with 

 blooms large, pure, and white, like 

 small white lilies, 1 to 1| ft. high. 

 Flowers, early in summer ; fragrant, of 

 a transparent white, with a delicate 

 green spot on the point of each divi- 

 sion, about 2 in. long, funnel-shaped, 

 with six regular divisions, and ar- 

 ranged in a loose spike, from 5 to 10 

 blooms on each stem. Leaves, long, nar- 

 row and grooved, about 1 ft. long and 

 6 or 8 in number. Root fibrous, rather 

 fleshy, white. Abundant in the mea- 



T dows of the Alpine Valleys of Pied- 

 mont, and many other mountainous 



} parts of Central and Southern Europe. 

 Well suited for tufts on the lower 



: parts of the rock-garden, or for the 

 choice mixed border, in good sandy 

 loam, and for naturalization in parts 

 of the pleasure-ground or open glades 

 in woods where the grass is not cut 

 early in the year, or at all. It should 

 be carefully protected from slugs. 

 Division and seed. 



Parnassia asarifolia (Asarum-leaved 

 Grass of Parnassus). A beautiful 

 marsh perennial, with larger leaves 

 and flowers than those of the British 

 species; 6 in. to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; white ; petals 5, abruptly 

 contracted into a claw at the base. 

 Leaves, of the root kidney-shaped, 

 those of the stem- roundish, heart- 

 shaped. North America. The arti- 

 ficial bog, very moist spots near the 

 rock-garden in peat, or in pots plunged 

 nearly to their rims in water. Division 

 and seed. 



Parnassia caroliniana (Large Grass 

 of Parnassus). Like the preceding, 

 but with heart-shaped leaves, 9 in. 

 to 2 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 from 1 to 14 in. across; white, with 

 green or pale-purple veins ; petals 

 sessile ; sterile stamens 3 in each set, 

 instead of 9 to 15 as in P. palustris. 

 Leaves, thick, leathery, roundish - 

 heart- shaped ; stem-leaves ovate, 



stalkless. North America. Soil, 



position, etc., the same as for the pre- 

 ceding. 



Parnassia palustris (Grass of Par- 

 nassus). An interesting native bog 

 or moist meadow plant, 4 to 12 in. 

 high. Flowers, in summer ; white ; 

 an inch or more across, marked very 

 distinctly with greyish veins ; petals 

 slightly scalloped at the edges and 

 notched at the apex ; stamens only 

 half as long as the petals. Leaves, 

 from 4 to l^ in. long, smooth, those of 

 the root heart-shaped, on grooved 

 stalks about 1^ in. long, bright green 

 above, greyish beneath ; stem with a 

 single embracing leaf below the mid- 

 dle. Britain and many other parts of 



Europe. Positions and treatment 



as for A . asarifolia. 



Parochetus communis (Shamrock 

 Pea) . A beautiful creeping perennial, 

 with Clover-like leaves, 2 to 3 in. high. 

 Flowers, ia spring; handsome blue, 

 solitary, oolong stalks ; standard. two-, 

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