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tube. The species are distributed over Europe, Temperate Asia, North 

 Africa, and South America ; two are British. 



Anagallis arvensis (field). Poor Man's Weather- 

 s. Stems erect or trailing, 6 to 18 inches long. 

 Leaves lieart-sliaped, usually opposite, but sometimes in whorls, dotted 

 witli glands beneatli. Flowers i-inch across, opening only in bright 

 weather : usually scarlet ; IMay to October. There is a variety with blue 

 flowers, cccrulea: and one with more pinky blossoms, var. earned. 

 Native annual. 



A. IXDICA (Indian). Stems trailing; plant very similar to A. 

 «ri'(??2 sis, but flowers larger, deep blue; July. Annual. Introduced from 

 Nepaul, 1824. 



A. LiKiFOLiA (flax-leaved). Stems erect, 9 to 12 inches high. Leaves 

 slender, opposite. Flowers bright blue, I -inch across ; July. Introduced 

 from Portugal, 1796. Perennial. There are numerous varieties with 

 crimson, scarlet, lilac, and purple flowers. Mostly grown as annuals. 



A. TENELLA (delicate). Bog Pimpernel, Stem creeping, 3 or 4 

 inches long. Leaves opposite, nearly round, -|-inch or less across. 

 Flowers broad funnel-shaped on stout, erect footstalks, rosy with darker 

 veinings ; July and August. Native perennial. This species, which is 

 more beautiful than the others, must be grown in wet Sphagnum-moss. 

 Pimpernels are easily grown in ordinary garden soils, 

 iials and perennials may be alike raised from seed 

 sown in spring in the sunny position they are intended to occupy when 

 flowering. The perennials may also be increased hy dividing the roots, 

 or by means of cuttings from the new shoots. These readily root under 

 a hand-glass in the shade, and when carefully hardened off" may be 

 planted out, giving them by preference a light rich soil. They are 

 mostly grown as annuals. 



JASMINES 



Natural Order Oleace.e. Genus Jasminum 



Jasminum (a modification of I'sjn in, the Arabic name). An extensive 

 genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs, usually of trailing habit. The 

 leaves are simple, or more frequently compound, cut into from three to seven 

 lance-shaped leaflets; usually opposite. The flowers are salver-shaped, 

 white or yellow, often highly fragrant. The calyx is tubular, furnished 

 with five or eight long slender teeth ; the corolla-segments four or five ; 



