8o The Wild Garden. 



THE TEASEL FAMILY. 



Cut-leaved TeaseL Dipsacus ladniatus. Germany. 

 Biennial j 4 to 6 feet ; purple ; summer ; seed. — In open 

 glades, and by wood walks, or on rich banks. 



Loug-leaved Morina. Morina longifolia. India. 

 Evergreen perennial; 2 to 3 J feet; reddish; summer; 

 seed or division. — Banks and margins of shrubberies, 

 and on rough rockwork, near the eye. 



Caucasian Scabious. Scabiosa caucasica. Cau- 

 casus. Herbaceous perennial ; i to 2 feet ; pale blue ; 

 summer ; seed or division. — By wood walks, and on 

 margins of shrubberies, in warm soil. 



Grass-leaved Scabious. Scabiosa graminifolia. Swit- 

 zerland. Herbaceous perennial ; i foot ; blue ; summer ; 

 division or seed. — Rocky, or very bare places- or banks ; 

 always in light warm soil. 



THE COMPOSITE FAMILY. 



Orange-coloured Hawkweed. Hieradum. aurantr 

 acum. Europe. Evergreen perennial; 1 to i^ feet; 

 orange ; summer ; seed or division. — In any position 

 where the vegetation is not too coarse to hide it 



Plumier's Mulgedium. Mulgedium Flumieri. France. 

 Herbaceous perennial ; 4 to 6 feet ; summer and early 

 autumn ; blue ; seed or division. — Grouped with the most 

 vigorous herbaceous plants, or as isolated tufts in wood 

 walks, in deep rich soil. 



Azure Catanauche. Catananche cesrulea. Southern 

 Europe. Herbaceous perennial ; 3 to 4 feet ; blue ; mid- 



