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in temperate and mountainous regions. Stem-lvs. en- 

 tire or toothed : fls. solitary, or in corymbs or panicles: 

 rays in 2 or more series, mostly rose, violet or purple, 

 rarely cream-colored or white, and one kind has splendid 

 orange flowers. 



The garden Fleabanes are practically all perennials. 

 A few annuals are harmless and pretty weeds. Some 

 species have roots that are biennial, but they increase 

 by offsets, and make larger clumps from year to year. 

 They are of easy culture. J. B. Keller finds that they 

 do best when somewhat shaded from the midday sun. 

 They aie easily prop, by seeds or division, and doubt- 

 less by cuttings, if there were sufficient demand. Small, 

 divided plants set out in early spring produce good- 

 sized flowering plants the first year. A good show of 

 bloom may be had from seeds sown outdoors as early as 

 possible in spring. Some fine masses of these plants in 

 the hardy border or wild garden are much more desir- 

 able than an isolated specimen or two of each kind. The 

 xno^t popular species is E. speciosa, of which double- 

 and white-fld. forms should appear before long. At 

 present it is the best kind, that has the rich, soft colors, 

 from rose to violet and purple. E. aurantiacus has 

 dazzling orange fls., and is unique in the genus. 



A. Fls. orange. 



aurantiacus, Regel. More or less velvety: height 9 

 in. : Ivs. oval-oblong, clasping at the base, more or less 

 twisted : heads one on a stem : involucral scales loose, 

 reflexed. July, Aug. Turkestan. R.H. 1882:78. Gn. 

 52, p. 485. Perhaps the showiest of the genus. Sold as 

 "Double Orange Daisy." 



AA. Fls. creamy or white. 



B. Lvs. linear. 



ochroleucus, Nutt. Height 9-18 in. : stems mostly not 

 branched : Ivs. rather rigid : rays 40-60, white or pur- 

 plish, never yellow. Gravelly hills and plains N. Wyo. 

 and Mont, to Utah. This and the next are rare kinds, 

 sold by collectors and dealers in native plants, and not 

 cult, abroad. 



BB. Lvs. broader, lanceolate to ovate, or obovate. 



Hdwellii, Gray. Height about 1 ft. : root-lvs. obovate: 

 stem-lvs. ovate, half -clasping : rays 30-35, 1-2 lines 

 wide, white. Cascade Mts., Oregon. 



mucronatus, DC. Lvs. lanceolate, narrowed at base, 

 ciliate, mostly entire, often with a long, callous mucro. 

 Mex. J. B. Keller cultivates a lilac-fld. plant from the 

 Himalayas as E. mucronatus, which he says is the same 

 as Vittadenia triloba, which see. 



AAA. Fls. rosy, violet or purple. 



B. Stays 100 or more, mostly narrow: Ivs. entire. 



c. Flower-heads large. 



D. Involucre "hairy. 

 E. Height about 2 ft.: stems several-fid. 



speciosus, DC. (Stendctis specibsa, Lindl.). Height 

 l%-2 ft.: hairs few, loose : stem very leafy at top: 

 root-lvs. more or less spatulate : stem-lvs. lanceolate, 

 acute, half-clasping. B. C. to Ore. near the coast. B.M. 

 3606. B.R. 19:1577. Gn. 52:1149. Var. sup6rbus, Hort., 

 sold abroad, has lighter colored and more numerous fls. 

 Var. major, Hort., has broader rays and brighter colors. 



EE. Height 9-15 in.: stems usually 1-fld. 

 glaucus, Ker-Gawl. Lvs. slightly glaucous : root-lvs. 

 rarely 2-3-toothed. Pacific coast, where it flowers most 

 of the year. B.R. 1:10. Gn. 52, p. 484. 



DD. Involucre not hairy. 



macranthus, Nutt. Height 10-20 in. : hairs numerous 

 and long or short, sometimes nearly absent: Ivs. lanceo- 

 late to ovate. Rocky Mts. Wyo. to New Mex. and S. W. 

 Utah. Gn. 52, p. 484.- A good species. Blooms later 

 than the eastern species. Violet. Hardy. 



cc. Flower-heads (or disk) small. 



glabSllus, Nutt. Height 6-20 in.: root-lvs. spatulate: 

 stem-lvs. lanceolate, gradually narrowing into bracts: 

 involucre bristly, or at least pubescent : rays violet- 



purple or white. Minn, to Rockies. Gn. 52, p. 485. B.M- 

 2923. B.B. 3:385. L.B.C. 17:1631. -Cult, by D. M. 

 Andrews, Boulder, Colo. Much cult, abroad. 



BB. Rays 70 or less, wider: Ivs. entire or toothed. 



c. -Lvs. almost or quite entire. 

 D. Stems with several fls. in a corymb. 



Villarsii, Bell. Root biennial : height 1 ft. : Ivs. with 

 3 or 5 nerves, roughish : fls. corymbose. Eu. B.R. 

 7:583. L.B.C. 14:1390. Not cult., but in I.H. 43, p. 301, 

 said to be a parent with E. aurantiacus of E. hybridus 

 roseus, Hort., Haage & Schmidt. This is said to re- 

 semble E. Villarsii in habit, and E. aurantiacus in 

 form of fls. but not in color. Said to bloom freely from 

 May to autumn. 



DD. Stems mostly 1-fld. 



salsugindsus, Gray. Height 12-20 in.: upper stem- 

 lvs. with a characteristic mucro. The slightly viscid 

 character of the involucre is particularly designative. 

 Wet ground, on higher mountains, Alaska to Calif, and 

 New Mex. B.M. 4942. 



cc. Lvs. coarsely toothed above the middle, 

 bellidifolius, Muhl. POOR ROBIN'S PLANTAIN. Makes 

 new rosettes by offsets from underground stems : 

 height 2 ft. : root-lvs. wider above the middle than in 

 most species: stem-lvs. fewer: fls. spring. Damp bor- 

 ders of woods. Canada to 111. and La. B.M. 2402. B.B. 

 3:388. D. 237. "Fls. clear blue, on long stems." 

 J. W. Manning. Weedy. 



E. purpureum, Hort., according to H. A. Dreer, "rarely 

 exceeds 10 in. in height, and has medium-sized fis. of soft, 

 rosy purple, borne in graceful, spreading panicles." Form 

 of E. macranthus ? w. M. 



ERlNTJS (a name derived from Dioscorides). Scroph- 

 ulariacece. The most popular species of this small 

 genus is a hardy, tufted plant 3 or 4 in. high, suited for 

 steep sides of alpine gardens, where it produces in 

 spring its racemes of small purple, rosy or white fls. 

 Root-lvs. crowded, opposite : stem-lvs. alternate, oblong- 

 spatulate, with a few coarse, rounded teeth : corolla 

 lobes 5, obovate, the 2 upper ones slightly smaller : 

 stamens 4, in two groups, included. 



The secret of success in alpine gardens is said to be a 

 constant supply of moisture with perfect drainage. As 

 a class, alpines are impatient of standing water, and 

 Erinus, which is a favorite, particularly so. J. B. 

 Keller writes that Erinus should be planted in steep 

 parts of the rockery where water cannot lodge on rainy 

 days or in the winter and spring months. He adds that 

 they need slight shade from midday sun. Divided 

 plants are chiefly sold in America, but the amateur can 

 soon produce a good carpet by the use of seeds. When 

 well established, the seeds are self-sown and the off- 

 spring gain in hardiness. It may be safest to keep a 

 pot or two in a coldframe over winter, until the , plant 

 can take care of itself. In England, seeds can be sown 

 in earthy holes of brick walls, and Gn. 45, p. 134, shows 

 a charming picture made by informal masses of flower- 

 ing Erinus naturalized on some old stone steps. 



alpinus, Linn. Lvs. hairy: racemes 2% in. long: fls. 

 % in. across, purple. April-June. Mountains of W. Eu. 

 B.M. 310. Vars. albus and carmineus, Hort., have 

 white and crimson fls. respectively. 



The following trade names are accounted for in 

 Zaluzianskia : E. duplex, gracilis, Paxtoniana and 

 speciosa. "W. M. 



EKIOBOTEYA (Greek, woolly cluster). Rosacece. 

 Ten or twelve species, mostly East Asian, have been 

 referred to this genus, but some authors restrict it to 

 the one species described below, and others refer all the 

 species to Photinia. Fls. large, white, fragrant, in a 

 terminal rusty-woolly cluster; calyx thick, 5-toothed; 

 petals 5, crenulate: ovary 3-5-loculed, each locule 1- 

 ovuled. 



Japonica, Lindl. (Photinia Japdnica, Gray). Lo- 

 QUAT. JAPAN PLUM and MEDLAR (erroneously). 

 Small tree, 10-20 ft., with thick, evergreen, oval-oblong 

 remotely -toothed Ivs. near the summits of the branches 



