BLUE 
MAY 
English Botanical Ade Height |Time of 
Color Ne teas aoe Description Sian ion | Bloom 
“Blue” |LONG- **Aquilégia A beautiful plant. Large flowers 1-14 ft. |Mid. 
near 47 |SPURRED _ (cerilea vane to whitish, 24-3 in. across |Sun May to 
COLUMBINE | 4. leptocéras, | with slender twisting green-tipped July 
A. macrdntha| spurs. Leaves large and handsome. 
est to treat as a biennial. Lovely in 
clumps or masses in rock-garden or 
border. Prop. by seed in spring. 
rene moist well-drained soil. Rocky 
ts. 
Var. hybrida, sepals usually blue or 
pink and petals yellowish; good bor- 
der plant. Hort. 
“Deep |ALTAIAN **Aquilégia Charming species. Large nodding | 1-14 ft. |May, 
blue” 63 |COLUMBINE jglanduldsa | flowers; petals tipped with cream, |Sun June 
& white short incurving spurs. Treat as a bi- 
ennial. Rock-garden or border. Prop. 
by seed in spring. Well-drained soil. 
Altai Mts. 
“Lilac [STUART’S _ |*Aquilégia A fine plant. Flowers large, erect} 1}ft. |Mid. 
blue” 44 |COLUMBINE |Stiarti and beautiful. Hybrid of A. glandu- jSun May to 
bluer & losa and A. Olympica. Resembles A. July 
white glandulosa in color. Good border 
plant. Prop. by seed. Hort. 
“Blue” |BLUE WILD|**Baptisia The best species of Baptisia for the | 4-44 ft. |Late 
63 |OR FALSE australis garden. Bushy plant resembling the |Sun May to 
INDIGO B. cerilea, | Lupine. Large flowers in spikes. Fo- mid. 
B. exaltata liage sea-green. Good border plant. June 
Prop. by seed and division. Any soil. 
Pa.; south to Ga. and N.C. See 
Plate, page 144. 
“Pale CUSICK’S *Camassia Good species. Closely allied to the | 2-3 ft. |May 
blue’? 44(QUAMASH = |Cisickii Squill. 30-50 flowers ona stalk. Good |Sun or 
for cutting. Broad thick foliage 1 ft. |bal/ 
long. Plant in early autumn and |shade 
leave undisturbed. ulbous. Any 
good garden soil. Oregon. 
“Pur- |CAMASS *Camassia Nearly allied to the Squill. Flowers | 1-2 [t. 
plish esculénta varying to white in racemes borne |Sun or 
blue” 54 above the lance-shaped leaves. Plant |half 
in border or under trees. Bulbous. |shade 
Good loamy soil. Western N. Amer. 
“Light |WILD *Camassia Smaller in every way than C. escu-|12-18in.| 
blue” 57 [HYACINTH |Fraseri lenta. Flowers in dense racemes. |Half 
deep Quamasia Plant in border or naturalize in shady |shade 
byacinthina, laces. Bulbous. Good loamy soil. 
Scilla Fraseri| Eastern U. S. A. 
“Pale TUFTED *Camp4énula Vigorous tufted plant. Abundant 4-6in. |May to 
blue” 62 |HAIRBELL |czspitosa light blue nodding bell-shaped flowers. |Sun July 
lighter Useful for edging; grows well in crev- 
ices of the rock-garden. Prop. by 
division. Rich loam and leaf mold 
preferable. Alps. 
“Blue” |ALLEN’S *Chionodéxa | See page 4. Mid. 
52 |GLORY OF |Atleni Mar. to 
THE SNOW (Chionoscilla early 
Allent aay 
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