PURPLE TO LILAC 
JUNE 
: Botanical 
English 
fale Wane) RAPES 
“Purple WOCD Stachys 
red” (BETONY Beténica 
41 Beténica 
officinalis 
i 
“Violet” |LARGE- *Stachys 
often 45 [FLOWERED grandiflora 
WOUND- Betontea 
WORT rosea 
“Purple”, WOOLLY Stachys 
near 37 |WOUND- lanata 
WORT 
“Lilac? |MOTHER OF Thymus 
43 |THYME, Serpyllum 
CREEPING 
THYME 
“Pale COMMON Thymus 
lilac” GARDEN vulgaris 
37. |THYME 
“Pur- COMMON *Tradescantia 
plish” 44,SPIDER- _Virginiana 
48 or 49 ‘WORT T. Virginica 
“Purple” LONG- Trillium 
46 |LEAF- peticlatum 
STALKED 
TRILLIUM 
“Pur- (HERBA- Vinca 
plish” iCEOUS herbacea 
46 PERI- 
WINKLE OR 
MYRTLE 
“Violet” HORNED “**Viola 
47 or 49 |VIOLET, cornita 
BEDDING 
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Flowers in showy spikes.  Prettilvy | 1-24 ft. |Late 
Sree dark green leaves. Border or |Sun June, 
wild garden. Prop. by seed and divi- July 
sion. Moist soil preferable. Europe; 
Asia Minor. See Plate, page 248. 
Large flowers in whorls, occasion-| 1-14 ft. |Mid. 
ally pinkish. Broad _ heart-shaped |Sun June 
leaves. Good in border. Prop. by to late 
seed and division. Ordinary garden July 
soil. Asia Minor. 
Effective plant. Flowers in thick | 1-13 ft. | * 
showy interrupted spikes. _ Foliage |Sun 
silvery and woolly, in low tufts. Bor- 
der or as edging. Prop. by seed and 
division. Ordinary soil.  Tauria to 
Persia. 
Creeping evergreen. Tiny flowers! 3-4in. |Mid 
in whorls. Aromatic leaves, slightly Sun June 
downy, in dense masses. Good in to 
rock-garden for covering arid ground, mid 
or as an edging. Prop. by division. Aug. 
Flourishes in poor soil. Europe; 
Asia; N. Africa. 
Among the most desirable forms 
are: var. argenteus, bright green foli- 
age ten streaked with silver. Var. 
aureus, golden leaves, especially beau- 
tiful in spring. Var. citriodorous, 
Lemon Thyme, 2-3 in. high, very 
small leaves, lemon-like fragrance. 
Var. lanuginosus, downy gray foliage. 
Effective for compact carpeting. 
Aromatic herb of dense growth val-| 1-2 in. |June, 
ued in cookery. Small flowers in ter- |Sun July 
minal spikes. Bright pale green foli- 
age. Attractive as carpeting for 
banks, rock-garden or border. Prop. 
by seed and division Any soil. 
Europe. 
See page 140. Late 
May 
to late 
Aug. 
See page 140. May, 
early 
June 
See page 141. Late 
May, 
June 
See page 48. Late 
Apr. 
until 
frost 
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