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PBACTICAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS 



GBUM 



except in the milder parts of the kingdom. 

 It flourishes in good well-dramed garden 

 soil, or rich sandy loam, with a little peat 

 or leaf mould added, and may be increased 

 by cuttings of the half-ripened shoots 

 inserted in sandy soil under a handlight 

 or in a cold frame. 



DRYAS (Mountain Avbns). — A 

 genus with 2 species of pretty dwarf tufted, 

 shrubby plants, with simple, stalked, 

 oblong, entire, crenate, or somewhat 

 pinnatifid leaves, shining above, white 

 beneath. Stipules adnate to the leaf stalk. 

 Flowers on slender, erect scapes, solitary. 

 Calyx tube short, glandular hairy. 8-9- 

 lobed. Petals 8-9, broadly obovate. 

 Stamens and carpels numerous. Achenes 

 with slender feathery tails. 



Cultwre a/nd Propagation. — These 

 plants thrive in moist peaty soil, and 

 may be increased by cuttings inserted in 

 sandy soil in spring under glass ; by 

 division of the roots in early autumn, or 

 better still in spring when growth is com- 

 mencing ; or from seed sown in spring in 

 the open border in mild weather, or early 

 in autumn as soon as ripe in cold frames. 

 The seedlings are best wintered in cold 

 frames the first season so as to enable 

 them to become strong and sturdy before 

 transferring to the moist parts of the 

 rockery or edges of borders. 



D. Drummondi. — A rare N. American 

 evergreen trailer, with elliptic deeply 

 crenate leaves, white beneath. Flowers 

 in June, golden-yeUow, about 1 in. across. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



D. lanata (D. nivea). — This is a curi- 

 ous Tyrolese form of I), octopetala with 

 much narrower and whiter leaves. The 

 flowers are rather smaller than those of 

 D. octopetala, but are more fi-eely pro- 

 duced, and the whole plant is more 

 vigorous. 



Culture do. as above. Growing 

 naturally on the sunny slopes of the 

 southern Tyrol, this plant requires open 

 sunny situations and wiU flourish in well- 

 drained sandy loam. It may be increased 

 by seeds or division. 



D. octopetala [D. depressa).—A dwarf 

 tufted British plant with obovate coarsely 

 toothed leaves about 1 in. long, hoary 

 beneath, shining above. Flowers in May 

 and June, white, with conspicuous yellow 

 stamens in the centre. Calyx very 



hairy. There is a pretty little form 

 called mmdma useful for the rook garden. 

 Culture da. as above. 



FALLUGIA. — A genus represented 

 only by the following species : — 



F. paradoxa {Sieversia paradoxa). — 

 An erect much-branched shrub 4 ft. or 

 more in height, native of California and 

 Mexico. The alternate stalked leaves are 

 more or less irregularly cut into 3-5 Unear 

 blunt lobes with recurved margins and 

 a snowy- white under surface. The large 

 white showy flowers are borne either 

 solitary at the ends of the shoots or in 

 small panicles. The persistent calyx 

 tube is oboonical or hemispherical, with 5 

 ovate 3-toothed or tailed lobes. Petals 5 

 obovate roundish. Stamens and achenes 

 numerous, the latter ending in feathery 

 tails. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is 

 not a well-known plant. It flourishes in 

 ordinary good garden soil, and likes warm 

 sheltered and sunny situations. In the 

 northern and bleaker parts of the kingdom 

 it would probably be unable to stand a 

 hard winter unless well protected with 

 mats. It may be increased by seeds if 

 obtainable, sown as soon as ripe in cold 

 frames, or by means of cuttings of the 

 half-ripened shoots inserted in sandy soil 

 under a handlight in summer. 



GEUM (AvENs). — A genus with about 

 30 species of perennial herbs with, tufted 

 pinnate radical leaves, having a very 

 large terminal lobe. Stipules sheathing 

 and adnate to the base of the leaf stalk. 

 Flowers solitary or cor3m!ibose. Calyx 

 persistent with 5 bracteoles below the 6 

 lobes. Petals 5, rounded or obovate. 

 Stamens and carpels many. 



Culture and Propagation. — Gemns 

 are easily grown in any fairly rich loamy 

 soU. They are excellent border or rock 

 plants, and Mke plenty of sun above, and 

 moisture at the roots during hot svunmers. 

 Propagation is mostly easily effected by 

 dividing the roots or clumps in early 

 autumn, or in spring as growth com- 

 mences, when the plants have made large 

 masses, and would be benefited by the 

 process. Seeds are freely ripened by most 

 of the kinds, and may be sown as soon as 

 ripe either in cold frames or in sheltered 

 spots in the open border, afterwards prick- 

 ing the seedlings out in spring about 1 ft. 

 apart. Seeds may also be sown in the 



