BLUE AUGUST 
: Botanical Height e 
English oi Time of 
Color | Name! | Sitio scapes situation | Bloom 
“Blue” |LOFTY *Echinops See page 347. July, 
50 & GLOBE exaltatus - Aug. 
cream |THISTLE 
“Steel |RITRO **Echinops See page 348. ss 
blue” GLOBE Ritro 
53 colder| THISTLE 
“Pale |ROUND- *Echinops See page 348. ot 
blue’ 52;/ HEADED sphero- 
greenish |GLOBE céphalus 
THISTLE 
“Bright |ALPINE SEA/*Eryngium See page 348. a 
blue” 53;/HOLLY alpinum 
‘“Ame- |AMETHYST |**Eryngium See page 254. June to 
thyst SEA HOLLY |amethjsti- early 
blue” num Sept 
63 lighter 
“Blue”? |BOURGAT’S |*Erfngium See page 348. Mid. 
63 ERYNGO Bourgati July to 
early 
Sept 
“Blue” |DANE- Erfngium See page 343. ss 
63 lighter| WEED, campéstre 
HUNDRED 
THISTLE 
“Blue” |FLAT- **Eryngium See page 348. July. 
LEAVED planum Aug. 
ERYNGO 
“Deep |CLOSED Gentiana A common wild herb. Flowers,| 2ft. jAug., 
blue” BOTTLE OR |Andréwsii which never open, stemless and sup-|Half Sept 
56 (BLIND G. Catesbar | ported on whorls of leaves. Brook- |shadz 
GENTIAN side, rock-garden or wild garden. 
Prop. by division or very slowly by 
seed. Leave undisturbed. Good 
moist soil. N. Amer. 
“Deep [WILLOW *Gentiana See page 351 July to 
blue” GENTIAN _fasclepiadéa early 
59 lighter Sept 
“Blue” |WIND Gentiana Funnel-shaped flowers in racemes| 6in. [Aug., 
60 |FLOWER,  |Pneumo- terminating leafy stalks, Pretty when |Half Sept 
HARVEST _|[nanthe planted in grass on the banks of |shade 
BELLS streams, Prop. very slowly by seed, 
also by division, Leave undisturbed. 
Rich deep soil mixed with humus 
Europe: N. Asia. 
“Light [BARREL OR|*Gentiana Closed flowers about 1 in. long. | 1-2 ft. ae 
blue” SOAPWORT (|Saponaria erect in clusters. Wild or rock-gar- |Sun or 
62 GENTIAN G Catesbat | den. Leave undisturbed, Prop. by jbalf 
greener seed just ripe. Deep loam well- |shade 
drained. N. Amer, 
“Violet” |IBERIAN Geranium See page 254. June 
blue” CRANES- Ibéricum to 
46 light |BILL Sept 
“Blue’ |MEADOW  |*Geranium See page 257, ¢ 
46 bluer |CRANES- praténse 
BILL 
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