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PBAGTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS amstotelia 



ripe. The variety laciniata has curiously 

 cut leaves, and is dwarfer and less vigor- 

 ous than the type ; cmrantia has orange- 

 yellow twigs; hlechiana is a distinct 

 and strong-growing variety with very 

 large leaves ; pyramidaUs is pyramidal in 

 growth ; viUfolia has lobed, vine-like 

 leaves. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. vulgaris {T. europcea ; T. inter- 

 media).- — Lime, Lin, Linden, or Lime 

 tree. — A S.E. European plant naturalised 

 in this country. Leaves smooth above, 

 obliquely heart-shaped, bearded in the 

 axils of the nerves beneath. Flowers in 

 June and July, pale yeUow ; petals with- 

 out a scale at the base. The variety 

 variegata is recognised by its leaves 

 having creamy-white blotches. 



ARISTOTELIA. — A small genus 

 ha\ing a few species of evergreen shrubs, 

 with usually almost opposite, entire, or 

 toothed leaves. Flowers axillary or 

 lateral, racemose, often polygamous. 

 Sepals 4-5, valvate. Petals 4-5, 3-lobed, 

 toothed or almost entire, thickened round 

 the base of the torus. Stamens many. 

 Fruit a berry, small, indehiscont. 



A. Macqui. — A handsome Chilian 

 shrub, about 6 ft. high, with oblong acute. 



smooth, shiny, toothed leaves, and small 

 greenish axillary flowers borne in May. 

 The pea-like berries are very deep purple, 

 becoming black when fuUy ripe. The 

 variety variegata is more ornamental 

 than the type, but not quite so hardy. _ 



Cultv/re and Propagation. — This is a 

 good plant for the shrubbery, and will 

 grow well in ordinary soil. Cuttings 

 of the ripened or partially ripened shoots 

 under a hand-glass root freely in sandy 

 soil during the summer and autumn 

 months. They may be grown in frames 

 until spring, and then planted out. Fresh 

 plants are also obtained by layering the 

 branches in late summer and autumn. 



A. racemosa. — An ornamental de- 

 cidous shrub or small tree, native of New 

 Zealand, where it grows 6-20 ft. high. It 

 has rather large irregularly shaped leaves 

 of a bright and pleasing green, and pro- 

 duces its greenish flowers in racemes in 

 May. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 does not seem to be quite hardy except in 

 the milder parts of the kingdom. It 

 flourishes on a south wall and is chiefly 

 valuable for the ornamental appearance of 

 the foliage. It may be raised from im- 

 ported seeds or by cuttings in the same 

 way as A. Macqui. 



XXVII. LINEiE— Flax Order 



A small order of smooth or rarely hairy or tomentose herbs, shrubs, or rarely 

 trees. Leaves alternate, or very rarely opposite, simple, entire, or slightly 

 serrate-crenate. Flowers regular, hermaphrodite, usually terminal, in racemes, 

 panicles, corymbs, heads, clusters, or spikes. Sepals 5, rarely 4, free, or 

 united below. Petals 5, rarely 4, hypogynous, or rarely slightly perigynous, 

 often twisted ; usually blue, yellow or white, rarely rose, very fugacious, or 

 persistent in a few genera. Stamens equal in number to the petals, with a 

 similar number of staminodes, often twice — rarely thrice — as many. 



LINUM. — A genus containing about 

 80 species of smooth or rarely downy 

 herbaceous plants, sometimes shrubs, 

 with alternate, or very rarely opposite, 

 narrow, entire, one- to many-nerved 

 leaves. Stipules absent or glandular. 

 Flowers in terminal or £|,xillary racemes, 

 panicles, or clustered cymes, yellow, blue, 

 or rarely rosy, crimson, or white. Sepals 

 5, entire. Petals 5, twisted, very fugitive. 

 Stamens united below, hypogynous, alter- 

 nate with the petals ; staminodes equal in 

 number, minute or bristle-like. Glands 



5, small, adnate to the stamen-tube, oppo- 

 site the petals. Styles 5, usually free. 



Culture and Propagation. — All the 

 Linums are free-flowering and ornamental. 

 The annual species are easily raised from 

 seeds, and so are the perennials, which 

 may also be divided or increased by 

 cuttings. The latter should be taken in 

 summer and inserted in a shady place 

 under glass. 



The plants will grow in ordinary garden 

 soil, but where a feature is made of them 

 they may be grown in well-drained sandy 



