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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS teifolium 



stipules oblong with triangular tips. 

 Flowers from June to August, white or 

 rosy, in heads about 1 in. in diameter. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



T. incarnatum {Crimson Clover). — ^A 

 pretty S. European annual 1 ft. high, 

 with rather slender hairy stems. Leaflets 

 broadly obovate or obcordate, J-IJ in- 

 long. Flowers in June and July, bright 

 crimson, J in. long ; calyx hairy. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. Lupinaster {Bastard Lupine). — 

 A Siberian species 1-1^ ft. high. Leaves 

 unstalked ; leaflets 5, linear lance-shaped, 

 sharply toothed and pointed ; stipules 

 broad, pointed. Flowers in summer, 

 pm-ple, large, wings and keel paler than 

 the standard. There is a white form 

 called albiflorii-m. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. olympicum. — An erect hairy- 

 stemmed species 1 ft. high, native of 

 Mt. Olympus. Leaflets hairy, elliptic- 

 lance-shaped, entire, stipules awl-shaped, 

 sheathing. Flowers in July, yellowish, 

 with a very long standard, calyx hairy. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. reflexum {Buffalo Clover). — A 

 handsome, more or less decumbent N. 

 American aimual, with stems 1-1^. ft. 

 long. Leaflets obovate or obovate-oblong, 

 crenulate serrate ; stipules leafy, pointed. 

 Flowers from April to June, with broadly 

 ovate, rosy-red standard, and white wings 

 and keel. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. repens purpureum {Four-leaved 

 ShamrocTc). — A variety of the common 

 white Clover 3-5 in. high, with brown or 

 purplish leaves having a broad purple 

 spot on the under side of the leaflets. 

 Flowers during summer, small, white, 

 slightly fragrant. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. rubens. — A native of Central and 

 S. Europe 1 ft. high. Leaflets long 

 narrow ; stipules large. Flowers in 

 summer, carmine or purple-red, in large 

 ovoid heads. 



Culture Ac. as above. 



T. spadiceum (Brown Clover). — A 

 European species G in. high. Leaflets 

 oblong-ovate, toothed ; stipules leafy 

 pointed. Flowers in summer, yellow, 

 standard slightly brownish, obcordate. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. uniflorum. — A tufted creeping 

 Syrian species with very short stems. 

 Leaflets 3, ovate, pointed, toothed, 

 nerved ; stipules sheathing, long pointed. 

 Flowers in June and July, reddish, in 

 thick ovoid heads on long stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. 



ANTHYLLIS (Kidney Vetch).— A 

 genus with 20 species of herbs or under- 

 shrubs usually with pinnate leaves, rarely 

 reduced to the terminal leaflets. Stipules 

 small, or none. Flowers usually in 

 axiUary heads or clustered at the ends of 

 the branches. Calyx tubular or inflated, 

 5-toothed. Petals nearly equal, long- 

 clawed ; standard ovate, abrupt or 2- 

 aiuricled at the base ; wings ovate, blunt ; 

 keel smaller than the wings, incurved, 

 bluntish, swollen at each side. Stamens 

 10, usually united. Pod ovoid, or shortly 

 linear, falcate or curved. 



Culture and Propagation. — • When 

 in bloom the Kidney Vetches are pretty 

 plants, and look well in the rock garden 

 in sunny positions, and in usually well- 

 drained warm soil. The annual kinds 

 may be raised from seeds sown in the 

 open about April. The perennials may 

 also be raised in the same way, or from 

 cuttings in sandy soil under a glass during 

 the later summer months. Division of 

 some kinds may also be practised in 

 autumn or spring. 



A. Barba-Jovis (Jupiter's Beard). — 

 A downy Spanish shrub 4-8 ft. high. 

 Leaflets 9-13, oblong-linear. Flowers in 

 March, pale yellow, numerous. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds or cuttings. 



A. erinacea {Erinacea hispanica). — A 

 distinct spiny almost leafless species 6-12 

 in. high, native of Spain. Leaves few, 

 oval or oblong. Flowers in April, bluish- 

 purple. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds or division. Requires a warm shel- 

 tered position on the rockerj'. 



A. Hermannis {Cytisus grcecns). — 

 A shrabby Corsican species 2-4 ft. high, 

 with almost stalkless simple or 3-foliolate 

 leaves, more or less downy. The yellow 

 flowers appear in April in the axils of the 

 upper leaves. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds or cuttings. 



A. montana.— A pretty tufted silky 

 and hoary rock plant, 3-6 in. high, native 



