Tradescantia reflexa 



Stokesia 



Stokesia cyanea. STOKES' ASTER. A rare hardy plant 

 of surpassing beauty. Stems branched, i to 2 feet high, 

 very leafy at the base. Flowers blue or purplish blue, 

 3 to 4 inches across, resembling a China Aster. The 

 leaves are of a rich green color, gradually diminishing 

 in size up the stem, the uppermost almost clasping. 

 Grows naturally in South Carolina and Georgia. 



Tanasetum 



Tanasetum vulgare crispum. CURLY-LEAVED TANSY. 

 An old-time garden plant of robust habit, producing a 

 wealth of handsome fern-like leaves. Native of Europe. 

 Stems 2 to 3 feet tall, bearing numerous heads of yellow 

 flowers. All parts of the plant emit a strong aromatic 

 odor when bruised. 



Thymus 



Thymus citriodorus. LEMON THYME. An attractive 

 little plant, especially useful for borders and rock- 

 gardens. The numerous little leaves, seldom over half 

 an inch long, are evergreen, and surpass in length the 

 small axillary whorls of lilac-colored flowers and are 

 often used for seasoning. Native of Europe and Asia. 



T. lanuginosus. DOWNY THYME. A handsome little 

 plant with small downy leaves, well adapted for dainty 

 edgings. Native of Europe. Flowers minute, disposed 

 in whorls in the axils of the leaves. 



T. serpyllum. MOTHER OF THYME. Stems very 

 slender, creeping on the surface of the ground. Leaves 

 hardly half an inch long, oval or oblong, persistent. 

 Flowers mauve, in axillary whorls. A common plant 

 in old gardens. 



T. vulgaris. COMMON THYME. Stems erect or ascend- 

 ing, 12 to 18 inches high, stiff and wiry. Flowers lilac 

 or purplish, disposed in terminal spikes. Leaves 

 numerous, with revolute borders. Native of Europe. 

 An old garden plant, the leaves of which are often used 

 for seasoning. 



Tradescantia 



Tradescantia monlana. MOUNTAIN SPIDERWORT. A 

 vigorous hardy plant with delicate bluish purple flow- 

 ers in early summer. Leaves long and narrow, rich 

 green, gracefully disposed on the clustered stems. 

 Native of the Southern Alleghany Mountains. Height 

 12 to 18 inches. 



T. reflexa. GLAUCOUS SPIDERWORT. Strong and 

 robust, with clustered stems about 2 feet tall. Leaves 

 very long and slender, bluish green, drooping. Flow- 

 ers blue, the delicate petals a mere film of color, con- 

 tinuing to blossom for several weeks during summer. 

 One ofthe most vigorous and desirable species. Grows 

 naturally from North Carolina and Oklahoma to the 

 Gulf. 



T. virginica. COMMON SPIDERWORT. Stems about 2 

 feet tall, clustered, bearing long narrow leaves of a 

 rich green color. Flowers violet-blue, an inch or more 

 across, very showy, produced almost throughout the 

 summer. Distributed from New York and Illinois to 

 North Carolina and Arkansas. 



Ulmaria 



Ulmaria filapendula ( Spircra filapendula ) . HERBA- 

 CEOUS MEADOW SWEET. A handsome plant with deeply 

 cut fern-like leaves. Stems several, 2 to 3 feet tall, 

 bearing numerous white flowers in showy terminal 

 clusters in early summer. Native of Europe, Asia and 

 Siberia. 



U. pentapetala (Spircza ulmaria), QUEEN OF THE 

 MEADOWS. Stems clustered, 3 to 4 feet tall, bearing 

 handsome compound leaves with variously lobed and 

 incised leaflets. Flowers white, in dense clusters in 

 late summer. Native of Europe and Asia. A splendid 

 garden plant. The variety described below is perhaps 

 even more popular than the single-flowered form and 

 is more often cultivated. 



U. pentapetala Hore pleno. DOUBLE-FLOWERED UL- 

 MARIA. Flowers very full and double, pure white. 



U. purpurea (Spirted palmata). JAPANESE MEADOW 

 SWEET. Stems 2 to 4 feet tall, with numerous com- 

 pound leaves consisting of deeply lobed and serrate 

 leaflets. Flowers deep pink or crimson-purple, very 

 freely produced in summer. A very showy plant, and 

 one of the best of the group. The stems and branches 

 are deep reddish purple, contrasting sharply with the 

 rich green foliage. Native of Japan. 



U. rubra. QUEEN OF THE PRAIRIE. A beautiful 

 hardy species with tall stems, sometimes 6 feet high. 

 Leaves dark green, compound, the leaflets lobed and 

 incised. Flowers pink, in large terminal clusters in 

 summer ; very showy. Grows naturally from Pennsyl- 

 vania to Georgia, westward to Michigan and Iowa. 

 Of easiest culture in any good soil. 



Veronica 



Veronica longifolia subsessilis. JAPANESE SPEEDWELL. 

 A grand free-flowering plant, producing long spikes 

 of showy flowers. Stems upright, 2 to 3 feet tall, leafy 

 up to the inflorescence. Leaves dark green, lanceolate, 

 with sharply toothed borders. Flowers intense blue, 

 densely disposed in long terminal spikes in late sum- 

 mer and early autumn. Native of Japan. A very hardy 

 and desirable border plant, producing handsome 

 flowers that are valuable for cutting. 



V. rupestris. ROCK SPEEDWELL. A dainty little 

 plant growing in tufts or mats and covering large 

 patches of ground. Stems 4 to 5 inches tall, bearing 

 numerous showy racemes of blue flowers in spring. 

 Leaves an inch or less in length, rich green. Splendid 

 for rock-gardens and borders. 



V. spicata. EUROPEAN SPEEDWELL. A handsome 

 border-plant, with upright or ascending stems, 1 54 to 2 

 feet tall. Native of Europe. Leaves rich green, an inch 

 or two in length, densely disposed. Flowers bright blue, 

 borne in long, dense racemes in summer. One of the 

 best of the Veronicas, thriving best in sunny situations. 



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