GENTIANA 



the rootstock is so stoloniferous that the plant has to 

 be cut back every year when used for edgings m Eng 

 lish gardens In Inme it is c isilj gunn in a toiu 

 post of one half li ii ■. i 1 t 1 1 1 It „ 1 



vegetable mold t I I i I ill < 



revon writes It I > il i I I I 



but it IS, mflnit 1 I I 



doing tills it 1 

 this o'r ui t I 

 LialU ^ i\ 1 



of 6- /( ( / 1 



months, wink il i i i i lu il 



centlj gathered) vellum itcd in a ti-w -nctks Tht seed 

 Imgs should 1 e potted as soon as possible and while 

 the\ are very \ oung They will begin to flower in about 

 3 years from the time of sowing rarelj sooner Excei-t 

 G ind)(Ui,ii (r S 1/1011(1,1 I ami < I I i I i 1| i 

 haps a few others (itntnus d > ii t tl i I i 



America as m En^^land Oui s i i t 1 i 1 



dry Whene\er possible give a d ii ij i jl i 



It IS rash to geneialize on (jentian cultuie 1 1 nusi 

 some plants are tall others dw art some touiid on m un 

 tarns, others in lowlands, srme m moist soil, otheis in 

 dry lands, while some like limestone and others ciuuot 

 enduie it The annual kinds are of interest only to the 

 expert Alpine plants in geneial are unique in requir 

 ing an extremely large water supply, combined with ex 

 tremely good dramige Another difficult problem is to 

 keep the plants is ttol is tht.\ ne n the mountains 

 without shading tl i i Is Gentian 



seeds are small i I 1 uncertain 



They should b t r the thor 



ough drying out (. t Hi 1 soon fatal 



Gentians are diihcult t > est il li li ni 1 iishke dnision 

 of the root, but are well worth patient } t irs of ti i il for 

 they are very pel manent when once estallished Nature 

 like alpine gardens aie one of the latest and most le 

 fined dp] >t * i 1 nd Cientians aie one 



of the 1 1 lants to the skilled 



amateu 



Thei ns but ours ((?<•»! 



nita F), I utitul Kxitians, 



and one t tli 1 i m 



wild floweis It ] r, 



and, while sou^l is, 



states 1 I s 1 1 ver 



been si u it i have 



long b 



Cornell J 



ramated i 1 c 1 ^ \ 1 1 1 i 



in Ameiican litLi itun_ and tiuui thu tun- 



ode many tributes m verse ha\ e been paid to its unique 



beauty The d iily unfolding of its square ridged and 



twisted buds has been watched in thousands of homes 



By the artists its blue is often considered the nearest 



approach to the color of the sky, but it must be con 



fessed that a sha,de of purple often appears in the older 



flowers 



but at the 



liriuly r 



Th 

 cop\ 



for the same positions as Group II Typical plant, G 

 leina others are G Baiaiica, imbiiutla, Oiegana 



n I, Pi tnii , nnliiiii lit 



cordial c xlled Gentiane " 



Indei. of names those marked with an asterisk (*) 

 a])i t 11 in \mtrican^ade catalogues the rest are cult 

 I 1 i 1 he plants are perennials and mountain loving, 



< } I tl I I I 

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J< ,11 t c I I la 1 1 



ha t iH I id 

 Cole, cf fts blue 

 I ist lloi 



- ( 11, ,1 t 1 



purple, 



lutea 

 Burseri 



i.4. ( (// /; U tub tit, JOlll I, 



usually lobti 

 B Colo, of tls yellowish, 01 r/ii 

 (s7i nlute 

 c i>tifle distinct capsule 

 stalk 1 

 re Stil I I I 1 I II 



Sllll.1 I 



z Hi till ft 

 T>D n jlt 1 



T>ZD n I ll I I 



E L I I I I I I 



I tl I II 



I Tall Gent 

 roots are more ( i I 

 culture and th i 1 



ison of bloom hab 

 lie se„ttpipd below 

 tf Gentims 



F Lis 1 tmtolaie Inieai 

 FF f s ni It lanceolati 

 ( I , t lis Hue 01 pittpli 



14 crimta 

 f,i,iyLd 



lo ciliata 



it stalk Ifa serrata 



