GLOBULAEIA LUNARIA. 



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pie colour, sometimes rose-coloured, 

 and occasionally white, in dense 

 racemes. Leaves, twice-divided, with 

 linear, acute, channelled segments. 

 South of France, in stony fields and 



on walls. Borders, and the rougher 



parts of the rock-garden, in ordinary 

 light soil. Division. 



Globularia vulgaris (Common .) 

 A pleasing perennial, 6 in. to 1 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; bright blue (rarely 

 white), in dense heads surrounded by 

 an involucre of 9 to 12 imbricated 

 leaflets. Leaves, of the root numerous, 

 leathery, obovate, notched or 3-toothed 

 at the point, and arranged in a rosette ; 

 stem-leaves much smaller, lance- 

 shaped, acute, sessile ; stems herba- 

 ceous, erect, simple. Alps of Europe. 



Borders, and the rock-garden, in 



free, sandy, and cool loain. Division. 



Heracleum eminens (Blunt-lobed 

 Cow-Parsnip}. A peculiarly distinct 

 species, 3 to 4 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer; in large umbels. Leaves, 

 trifoliate, with blunt or roundish lobes, 

 of a thick texture and finely covered 

 with velvety down, which gives them 



a slightly glaucous appearance. 



Among fine foliaged hardy plants in 

 the subtropical garden, either isolated 

 or grouped with its relatives the other 

 Cow-parsnips. Seed. 



Jaborosa integrifolia (Mandrake /.) 

 An interesting perennial, allied to 

 the Mandrake, 9 to 12 in. high. 

 Flowers, from July to September ; 

 large, pure white, tubular, about 2 in. 

 long, very fragrant. Leaves, all radical, 

 entire, oval, obtuse, stalked, about 

 6 in. long, rising slightly above the 



flowers. Buenos Ayres. Warm 



borders, or sunny spots on the warmer 

 and lower flanks of the rock-garden, 

 in sandy well-drained loam. Seed. 



Lathyrus roseus (Rosy-flowered L.) 

 A very glabrous plant, allied to L. tu- 

 lerosus ; about 2 ft. high. Flowers, 



from June to August, of a beautiful 

 rose-colour, rather smaller than those 

 of L. tuberosus, usually growing in pairs. 

 Leaves,wit}i one pair of ovate -roundish 

 leaflets ; tendrils very short ; stipules 

 small, subulate ; stem slender, not 



winged. Iberia, rare. Borders and 



banks, in sandy loam. Division. 



Lewisia rediviva (Sitter-root Plant}. 

 A very singular and ornamental plant, 

 allied to the Mesembryanthemums, 3 

 to 4 in. high. Flowers, in summer; open- 

 ing only during sunshine, rose-co- 

 loured, large, solitary on a fleshy stalk 

 jointed in the middle ; calyx ele- 

 gantly veined with red, and of a 

 consistency like paper. Leaves, all 

 radical, linear, bluntish, succulent, 

 growing in tufts from the crown of 

 the root, and beginning to wither as 

 soon as the flower opens. Root, taper- 

 ing, fleshy, edible, largely used as food 

 by the Indians. North America, par- 

 ticularly in Washington Territory and 



in Oregon. Warm spots in the 



rock-garden, in dryish soil. Seed. 



Lilium Washingtonianum (Washing- 

 ton Lily). A noble white Lily re- 

 cently introduced, 3 to 5 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer ; white more or 

 less tinged with purple or lilac, fra- 

 grant, drooping, in a long erect 

 raceme. Leaves, smooth, oblanceolate, 

 acute, 4 or 5 in. long, in whorls of 10 



to 12. Sierra Nevada, California. 



As it has been only recently intro- 

 duced nothing is known of the condi- 

 tions under' which this will best 

 thrive. I saw it on the Sierra Nevada, 

 but not in flower, growing abundantly 

 in sunny but not warm regions in 

 light dark loam, and in or near open 

 woods. A warm sandy or peaty loam, 

 and warm position, should be given 

 it in this country. Separation of the 

 bulbs and by scales. 



Lunaria biennis (Honesty). A beau- 

 tiful early summer flower of the 

 Wall-flower order, 1 ft. to 3 ft. high. 



