TEUCRIUM THALICTRUM. 



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and Britain ; also found in America. 

 This is only described here in con- 

 sequence of its variety, T. vulgare 

 crispum, which has leaves more finely 

 divided and curled, and is a graceful 



fern-like plant. Borders, and groups 



of fine-leaved hardy plants, in any 

 soil. It is better to pinch off the 

 flowers when they appear. Division. 

 Teucrium Chamsedrys (Watt Ger- 

 mander). A compact perennial with 

 shining foliage ; 6 to 10 in. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; reddish-purple, 

 from 2 to 6 in a whorl, forming a 

 short loose terminal raceme. Leaves, 

 ovate or oblong, deeply toothed, 

 wedge-shaped at the base, smooth 

 and shining above, sometimes villous ; 

 stems procumbent at the base, almost 

 woody. Throughout Europe, on walls, 

 rocks, etc. Borders and naturali- 

 zation on ruins, stony bauks, etc., in 

 any light soil ; it is sometimes used as 

 an edging-plant on the Continent. 

 Division. 



Teucrium Marum (Cat Thyme'}. A 

 small grey wiry-branched shrub with 

 somewhat the habit of the common 

 Thyme, flowers, in summer ; bright 

 red, in loose whorled spikes at the 

 ends of the branches. Leaves, greyish 

 above, tomentose beneath, ovate, 

 small, stalked; floral leaves smaller. 



Spain. Only likely to prove hardy 



in the southern parts of these islands, 

 and then only on ruins, old walls, or in 

 dry chinks ID chalk or gravel-pits. If 

 planted out, the soil should be of the 

 driest and poorest description, brick- 

 rubbish, etc., with sand and a little 

 poor dry loam, and in positions where 

 cats cannot get at it, as they usually 

 destroy it. Cuttings. 



Teucrium Folium (Poly Germander). 

 A curious dwarf whitish herb, 3 to 

 5 in. high, flowers, in summer; 

 small, pale yellow, whitish or pur- 

 plish, in small roundish terminal 

 Leads ; calyces densely covered with 



short yellow down. Leaves, narrow, 

 notched, thickly covered with soft 

 white or yellowish down, as are also 

 the stem and branches. Southern 



Europe. The rock-garden, in sunny 



spots, and in light free soil. Probably 

 not hardy except in the milder south- 

 ern districts and in favourable spots 

 in the rock-garden, where it grows 

 freely. Seed, cuttings, and division. 



Teucrium pyrenaicum (Pyrenean 

 Germander}. A dwarf hardy peren- 

 nial, 3 to 7 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; purplish and white, in dense 

 terminal clusters. Leaves, nearly 

 round, notched at the margins, and 

 thickly covered with soft down, as 

 are also the stem and short branches. 



Pyrenees. The rock-garden and 



borders, in ordinary soil. Seed, cut- 

 tings, or division. 



Thalictrum anemonoides (Rue Ane- 

 mone). A delicate, diminutive, and 

 interesting American wood-plant, 

 with the habit and foliage of Isopyrum, 

 and the inflorescence and fruit of an 

 Anemone ; 6 in. high, flowers, in 

 April and May ; white, nearly 1 in. 

 across, several in an umbel ; sepals 5, 

 oval, ^ in. long; stamens yellowish. 

 Leaves, of the root on long stalks, 2- or 

 3-ternate; leaflets roundish, some- 

 what 3-lobed, on long stalks ; floral 

 leaves 2 or 3 in number, wedge- shaped, 

 stalked. There is a pretty double 

 variety, with the flowers smaller than 

 those of the single form. Common in 



the woods of North America. The 



rock-garden, 'margins of beds of choice 

 dwarf American shrubs, etc., in fine 

 sandy or peaty soil. Division. 



Thalictrum aquilegifolium (Colum- 

 bine Meadow Rue). In flower the 

 handsomest of its numerous family, 

 1 to 3 ft. high. flowers, in early 

 summer; purplish, in large terminal 

 panicles ; sepals deciduous, recurved, 

 much shorter than the stamens, which 

 are alone conspicuous. Leaves, like 



