STATICE 



buarins: 1 Ion:? termiual spike and several distant, ses- 

 sile lateral ones 4-6 in. long, nearly K in. through: tls. 

 rose, small, nearly sessile, crowded. June, July. 

 Western Turkestan. B.M. C959. — A handsome annual, 

 suitable for growing in masses and useful for out 

 blooms. 



2. sup^rba, Kegel. A hardy annual resembling S. 

 iiiiiroroiri, but with the spikes densely crowded into a 

 pyramidal panicle. Asia. —According to Wm. Falconer 

 in (t.F. 1:2SH, this species is not as handsome nor as 

 ■vigorous as S. Suworowi. Var. Slore-albo, Benary, is 

 also offered. 



3. sinud,ta, Linn. A biennial plant which may be 

 treated as an annual, about I ft hiirb, "f a v|,rf;i,Iiiig 



growth: Ivs. lyrate-pinnatitld. till' 1..Ih ~ nl iIm ui- 



miiial bearing a bristle: sca|"^-'\'i m.' 



4. macroph;^lla, Brouss. {S. SdlfordT. Hort.. is a gar- 

 en form of this species). A tender, somewhat shrubby 



fatal. Propagation is effected by cuttings of the side 

 shoots placed in a cool propagating bed, or better by 

 layering, which is well accomplished in summer by 

 making a notch in each of the side branches and then 

 burying the plant in ordinary garden soil below the in- 

 cisions." From the Canaries. " 



.'i. specidsa, Linn. A hardy perennial, about 1 ft. 

 high: Ivs. obovate, attenuate on the petiole, stiffly and 

 shortly mucronate tipped, often purplish underneath: 

 scape somewhat angled: branches angled and winged, 

 recurved, not crowded, bearing unilateral, seorpioidly 

 capitate, densely imbricate short spikes: calyx per- 

 sistent, crowned with a silvery white funnel-shaped 

 border; corolla purple, very deciduous. Midsummer. 

 Siberia. B.M. 656. 



6. Tatirica, Linn. (S. hiedva, var. hyhrida, Hort. 

 S. BesseriUna, Schult. ). A hardy perennial, 1-2 ft. 

 high: Ivs. tufted, obovate to oblong-spatulate, 4-6 in. 

 long, narrowed into the petiole: scape widely branched: 

 branches triangular, slender, narrowly H-winged, some- 

 what recurved: spikelets 1-2-fld., in usually lax, simple 

 or branched spikes: fls. 2 lines long, typically red, with 

 several garden varieties. Caucasus. B.M. GS.ST.-Var. 

 nina, Hort. (S. iucana , var. nana), is a dwarf form. 



7. Bondu^Ui, Lestib. Fig. 2394. A tender annual or 

 biennial plant, about 18 in. high: Ivs. radical, spatulate, 

 sinuately lyrate, hairy, subulate-pointed at the apex; 



il larger; scapes several from 

 iiii-iics :ii):ili'(l, dichotomously 

 fvino.,.; Hitnii^iir i.ran.-hlris m1, pyramidal, 3-winged, 

 foi-kr.lat 111.- :i|.ix: lis. yi'll'Av. inili vidually large for the 

 ginus, chistiTcil in the fork ut the branehlets or pe- 

 duncles; bracts scarious. the inner furnished with 

 sharp spines. Summer. Algeria. B.H. 1885:276. B.M. 

 5158. F.S. 20:2129. 



8. auatraiis, Spreng. {S. FMmii, Lindl.). A hardy 

 perennial, about 1 ft. high: Ivs. oblong or somewhat 

 spatulate, in arosette: scape rigid, paniculate: branches 

 angular, brachiate, glabrous: spikelets 4-5-fld., in dense, 

 short, one-sided spikes: fls. yellow, .small. Late sum- 

 mer. China. B.R. 31:63. 



9. limdnium, Linn. {S. mnritima, Lara., in part). A 

 hardy perennial, about 1 ft. high : Ivs. ovate to oblong, 

 entire, 2-6 in. long, attenuate on the long petiole: scape 



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STATISTICS 1719 



nearly terete, repeatedly forked, forming a corymbose 

 panicle: spikelets l-:i-tld.. in short, dense, 1-sided 

 spikes: fls. bhiish ])urj'le. Seacoast of Europe, N. 

 Africa, etc. — <s'. mu, iIihh,. .'Mill., is Armeria maritima. 



10. Gmfilini, Wi 



sumiiH I 1 



11. colllna, 

 glaucous ,,.,, 



short. 



perennial 1-2 ft. high : 



■ "iii>— itc, very shortly 



•' i'>n , angled above. 



fs usually 2-fld., 



tls. blue. Late 



. ^. riitiia, Privald). A 

 - lanceolate to lanceolate 

 11 the petiole: .scape co- 

 > (I- the base, the branches 

 si.ikelets 1-fld.. in dense, 

 sjiikes: fls. rose. South- 



I Eur 



12. eximla, ^r 



\ li;inly perennial 1-2 ft. high: 

 Ivs. ub"\.ili .ir ..1.1. .ill;, attenuate on the petiole, mucro- 

 u.ate ti|.|.. .1. Ill irmiis whitish: scape erect: branches 

 not fuiili.r .In 1.1. .1. terete, pubescent: spikes ovate, 

 crowili'il. s.,iii,-\\liiit unilateral: spikelets 4-fld. : calyx 

 green; corolla lilac -rose. August. Songoria. B.R. 

 33:2. 



13. el4ta, Pisch. A hardy perennial about 2 ft. high: 



h s. large, obovate, very obtuse, usually recurved at 



1] . . .11.1 Miui-ronate, long - attenuate on the petiole: 



III I h branched above: branches spreading, re- 



'\ triangular: spikelets 2-fld., in ovate, 



. ■. .1. .. ated spikes: fls. blue. July, Aug. South- 



14. latifdlia, Sm. A hardy deep-rooting perennial 

 about 2 ft. high: ivs. large, oblong-elliptical, obtuse, at- 

 tenuate on the petiole: scape very much branched: 

 branches terete or angled : panicle large, spreading: 

 spikelets 1-fld., rarely 2-fld., in lax, narrow spikes: fls. 

 blue. Midsummer. Russia. — A handsome plant. 

 Should be given a very deep soil in a sunny position 

 and left undisturbed. 



F. W. Barclay. 

 STATISTICS concerning horticulture are very imper- 

 fect, widely scattered and not always available. The 

 United States Department of Agriculture has published 

 statistics of horticulture in various publications. The 

 Synoptical Index of the Reports of the Statistician, 

 1863 to 1894, is a document of 238 pages published in 

 1897. The Section of Foreign Markets has issued many 

 statistical pamphlets of great interest to importers and 

 exporters of horticultural products. Market-gardening, 



