BLUE MAY 
Eneli Botanical nas Height |Time of 
Color 2 pone a Description Sinton | Bloom 
“Blue” [BETHLE-  |Pulmonaria See page 55. Late 
51 /HEM SAGE §ssaccharata Apr. 
to late 
May 
“Blue” |STAR *Scilla See page 7. Mid. 
61 |HYACINTH |‘ameena Mar. to 
early 
May 
“Dark |EARLY *Scilla See page 7. s 
blue’ 62 |SSQUILL bifdlia 
“Blue” (SIBERIAN |**Scilla See page 7. S 
61 deeper|SQUILL Sibirica 
S. aména 
var. priecox 
“Blue” |PRICKLY |S¥mphytum Somewhat coarse plant. Tubular| 3-5 ft. |Late 
32 turns |COMFREY jaspérrimum | drooping flowers reat turning to |Sun or |May to 
61 blue, in scattered clusters. Prickly |Aalf mid. 
foliage. Mass in wild garden. Any |shade July 
garden soil. Caucasus. 
“Blue” |ANGEL’S OR|**Verénica Compact plant with many slender] 1-1} ft. |Late 
bet. BIRD’S Chamadrys | branches which ascend from a creep- |Sun May, 
60 & 61 |EYES, ing rootstock. Large flowers in loose June 
GERMAN- racemes 3-6in. long. Excellent bor- 
DER der plant. Prop. 2 division. Any 
SPEED- good garden soil. Europe. 
WELL 
“Blue” |GENTIAN- |**Verdénica See page 55 and Plate, page 152. Late 
46 or 53 |LEAVED gentianoides Apr. 
SPEED- to late 
WELL May 
“Light |COMMON Verénica Native. Rapidly trailing plant with | 4-6in. |May, 
blue’: SPEED- officinalis thick-flowered racemes. Good forcut-|Shade July 
50 |WELL ting. Of easiest culture and continu- 
ous bloom. Useful for carpeting un- 
der trees. Prop. by cuttings. Any 
soil. Europe; N. Amer. 
“Deep ‘SCAL- *Ver6nica Pretty trailing plant with long |Prostrate/May, 
blue” LOPED- pectinata many-flowered racemes. Suitable for |Sux or |June 
near 47 |LEAVED a dry position in rock-garden or edge |shade 
SPEED- of border. Prop. by seed and division. 
WELL Almost any soil. Asia Minor. 
“Pur- {ROCK **Verénica Neat closely trailing plant with dense | 4-5 in. |Mid. 
plish SPEED- rupéstris erect spike-like racemes of flowers |Sun May 
blue” 54 |WELL V. fruticulosa| borne in profusion. A splendid border to late 
plant forming a thick mat. Prop. by June 
seed or division. Any good garden 
soil. 
“Pale BASTARD _ |*Verénica Produces a wealth of long racemes | 1-14 ft. |Mid. 
blue” SPEED- sptria crowded with small blossoms, but |Sun May to 
53 pale |WELY, V. paniculata| grows weedy after flowering. Prop. by June 
V. ameth#s- | seed and division. Forests of S. Eu- 
lina rope and Russia. 
ar. elegans; more graceful and 
widely branching than the type. 
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