ilANDINA 



BAEBEBBY OBDEB 



EPIMBDIUM 183 



L. Leontopetahim, both somewhat re- 

 sembling the others and requiring the 

 same treatment. 



Culture do. as above. 



CAULOPHYLLUM. — A genus 

 having only one species : — 



C. thalictroides. — An attractive 

 perennial about 1 ft. high, native of N. 

 America, and resembling both Bongardia 

 and Leontice in having a tuberous root- 

 stock. The leaves are twice or thrice pin- 

 nately out into narrow pointed segments 

 somewhat resembling the Thalictrums 

 (p. 137). The yellow flowers appear in loose 

 racemes or clusters in April, and are suc- 

 ceeded by roundish deep blue berries con- 

 tracted at the base into a long stalk. 

 Sepals (or bracteoles) 9, the outer ones 

 much smaller, the inner ones petaloid. 

 Petals 6, much smaller, nectary-bearing, 

 dilated and hooded. Stamens 6, free. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species thrives ia much the same situa- 

 tions as the Bongardias and Leontices, 

 but prefers a little more peat or leaf 

 mould with the Ught sandy soil, and also 

 a partially shaded place in the rockery 

 or garden. It may be increased by 

 separating the offsets from the tubers in 

 early autumn and planting in a cold frame ; 

 or in spring; and also by sowing seeds 

 if obtainable in cold frames when ripe. 

 The rootstocks should be protected from 

 heavy rains in winter with a sheet of 

 glass or a handlight. 



NANDINA. — A genus containing at 

 present only one species described below 

 with the generic characters : — 



N. domestica. — A handsome erect 

 evergreen shrub about 5 ft. high, native of 

 China and Japan. The leaves are twice or 

 thrice pinnately cut into entire leaflets, 

 and the small white flowers are produced 

 in summer in panicles at the ends of the 

 shoots or opposite the leaves. Each 

 blossom has numerous sepals and petals, 

 six free stamens and one carpel, the latter 

 eventually becoming an indehiscent berry 

 about the size of a pea when mature. 



Culture arndPropagation. — This shrub 

 is fairly hardy near London, but it is 

 better adapted for out-door cultivation in 

 southern and western parts of the kingdom. 

 It thrives in ordinary and well-drained 

 good garden soil, but prefers a mixture of 

 good loam, peat, and leaf mould. It may 

 be increased during the summer and 



autumn months by inserting cuttings of 

 the more or less ripened shoots in sandy 

 soU under a handlight or in a greenhouse. 



VANCOUVERIA. — A genus with 

 only one species : — 



V. hexandra. — A graceful and distinct 

 N. American perennial 1-1^ ft. high, with 

 creeping rhizomes and pinnate leaves 

 again twice or thrice divided into slender 

 Fern-like gegments. It produces its 

 slender clusters of blush-colom-ed flowers 

 in early summer, each blossom consist- 

 ing of numerous sepals, 6 petals, and 6 

 free stamens. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species flourishes in sandy peat, in moist 

 and shaded parts of the rock garden, and 

 when grown in large masses looks very 

 effective. It may be increased by division 

 in early autumn or spring ; or by seeds 

 sown when ripe in cold frames. 



EP I MEDIUM (Baekenwobt). — A 

 genus of about 8 species of ornamental 

 herbaceous plants with creeping peren- 

 nial rhizomes and annual stems. Leaves 

 stalked, compound, with bristly-toothed 

 leaflets. Flowers variously coloured. 

 Sepals 8, petaloid, flat. Petals 4, hooded or 

 spurred. Stamens 4, free. Carpel 1. 



Culture amd Propagation. ■ — The 

 Epimediums are suitable plants for the 

 rock-garden in somewhat shaded posi- 

 tions, and flourish in a compost of peat 

 and loam in about equal proportions. In 

 winter the withered leaves look somewhat 

 untidy, but they serve as a protection for 

 the young buds and should not be removed 

 untU the spring, when danger from severe 

 frost has passed. The foliage of many 

 kinds assumes bronzy and ruby tints in 

 autumn. 



The plants are usually increased by 

 dividing the roots early in autumn, or 

 better stiU in spring just as growth is 

 about to commence. At this period cut- 

 tings of the roots may also be inserted in 

 sandy peat, and if placed in gentle heat 

 will develop roots more quickly. Seeds 

 may also be sown in pots or pans in 

 spring, or as soon as ripe in cold frames, 

 and may be treated like seedling Barber- 

 ries as above. 



E. alpinum. — A plant 6-9 in. high, 

 native of Central Europe, but found 

 naturalised here and there in England on 

 rockworks, old castle gardens &c. Leaves 

 biternate with heart-shaped, oval-pointed. 



