Only si ghtlj 1 

 s des Hi. yel o v 

 DC 3 ft ot 



Malayan I 



GYPSOPHILA (7 7 t 1 kes cal 



and Asian 

 1 1 eful for 

 1 oiders and 

 t There are 



1 erbai i e s pils t united 



below I ut the cihx naked at the bxse 

 (not bracte 1 as i i one related gen 

 eri) pet lis o cla ve 1 very small usu 

 ally wh te stjles po 1 4 lived Ivs 

 small, entire, opposite. Very branchy 

 or spreading, slender herbs, with scant 

 foliage when in bloom. Of easiest cul- 

 ture, in open, rather dry places. They 

 are desirable for rockwork. They make 

 an excellent effect as filling amongst 

 shrubbery; also good for covering un- 

 kempt places with a mass of delicate 

 bloom. Hardy. 



A. Plant annual. 

 1012. Gypsophil'a muriUs, Linn. Fig. 1011. Very dif- 

 elegans. fuse and branchy, mostly with shorter 



Natural size. joints than G. eleijans, of finer appear- 

 ance : Ivs. linear, spurry like : fls. 

 small, rosy; l-i;^ ft. Eu.— Makes a dense little mound 

 when well grown. 



felegans, Bieb. Fig. 1012. Repeatedly forked-branched, 

 glabrous: Ivs. sessile, the uppermost linear, the lower 

 oblong or spatulate: fls. white or sometimes (G.rdsea, 

 Hort. ) rosy ; 1 ft. Caucasus. — Much cult. , and handsome. 

 AA. Plant perennial. 

 B. Lvs. short, spatulate : plant pubescent. 

 cerastioides, D.Don. Low, densely pubescent : lvs. 

 pubescent, the radical ones long-petioled, the others 

 spatulate or obovate, obtuse or nearly so: fls. large (of- 

 ten?^ in. across), whiteor lilac, pink-veined. Himalayas. 



GYPSOPHILA 



B.M. 6099. Gn. 47, p. 422. -Of creeping habit; excellent 

 for rockwork. 



BB. Lvs. long: plant glabrous or nearly so. 



paniculata, Linn. Baby's Breath. Fig. 1013. Dif- 

 fuse and rather tall-growing (2-3 ft.), forking: lvs. lin- 

 ear-lanceolate, the largest 3 in. long, but becoming 

 smaller towards the inflorescence, sharp-pointed; fls. 

 white, very numerous : pedicels 2-3 times as long as the 

 calyx. Eu".— A very popular plant, especially for use in 

 the trimming of bouquets. A most graceful subject. 

 Stems stiff and wiry, therefore excellent for cutting. A 

 picture of its use in 



floral arrangement will . (M^ a S5 



be foundinA.F. G:340. --i. W \T ^-'■^ 



acatiJdlia, Fisch. Very 



be 



lilt, undi 



this name. 



SKveni, Fisch. ( G. 

 glaiica, Hort.). Lower 

 than G. paniculata, glau- 

 cous-green : lvs. linear- 

 lanceolate and carinate, 

 mostly radical ; fls. 

 rather larger, white, the 

 panicles smaller than 

 those of G. paniculata; 

 petals shorter than the 

 calyx. Caucasus. 



ripens, Linn. Stems 

 trailing or prostrate, 

 ascending at the ends, 

 not glaucous : Ivs. lin- 

 ear, sharp-pointed, gla- 

 brous : fls. rather large, 

 white or rose, the petals 1013. cypsophila , 

 about twice longer than 

 the sepals and the pedicels usually much longer. Alps 

 and Pyrenees. B.M. 1448.— Best adapted to the rock- 

 e'-.v- L. H. B. 



