GEUM 



BOSE OBDEB 



GEUM 375 



open air in spring, and the seedlings trans- 

 planted early in autumn. 



G. chiloense. — A beautiful hairy 

 perennial 1-3 ft. high, native of Chiloe. 

 Leaves pinnate, with orenate-serrated 

 leaflets. Flowers in summer, scarlet, 

 sometimes shaded with bronze. The 

 variety grcmdnflorwin has flowers of a 

 dazzling scarlet ; miniatum is also a 

 splendid variety with brilliant flowers, 

 while the double or semi-double flowered 

 form is equally handsome and brilliant in 

 colour. 



Culture dc. as above. The species and 

 varieties mentioned are among the very 

 finest of the Geums and should find a 

 place in the herbaceous border for the great 

 brilliancy of their flowers. They are all 

 easily increased by dividing the rootstocks 

 early in autumn or in spring. Any speci- 

 ally fine form is best increased in this way, 

 as seedlings have a great tendency to vary 

 from the parent plant. 



G. coccineum. — A native of S.E. 

 Europe, 6-12 in. high, rather rare, but 

 often mixed up with the preceding species. 

 Leaves large,51yrate-pinnatifid with 5-7- 

 toothed leaflets. Flowers in summer, 

 scarlet, with roundish obcordate petals. 

 HeldreicM is a Greek form with deep 

 orange-red flowers. There is also a form 

 with semi-double bright scarlet flowers. 



Culture do. as above. ' 



G. datum. — A pretty Himalayan 

 species with pinnately cut leaves the seg- 

 ments of which are roundish oblong and 

 irregularly toothed. Flowers in summer, 

 golden-yellow, on long slender stalks. 



Culture do. as above. 



G. macrophyllum. — A North American 

 species 9-12 in. high, with leaves ending 

 in a large roundish heart-shaped lobe, and 

 having a few golden-yellow flowers on the 

 stem. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. raolle. — A native of the Servian 

 and Balkan mountains closely related to 

 G. pyrencdcuni, from which it differs in 

 having smaller and more softly hairy 

 leaves of a bright green colour, and larger 

 bright yellow blossoms in June. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. montanum. — A native of the Alps 

 6-12 in. high, with softly hairy, incised 

 leaves. Flowers in summer, 1^ in. 

 across, yellow, on stems 9-18 in. high, 

 succeeded by a cluster of feathery tailed 



seeds of a reddish-brown colour. There 

 is a large-flowered variety called grandi- 

 florum, and abrilKant orange-coloured one 

 called aurantiacuin. 



Culture dc. as above. It likes warm 

 spots in the border or rockery fully exposed 

 to the sun. 



G. pyrenaicum. — A hairy Pyrenean 

 perennial about 1| ft. high. Lower leaf- 

 lets small, ovate, toothed. Flowers in 

 June, yellow, nodding, 1-4 on a stem. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. radiatum. — A handsome perennial, 

 12-18 in. high, native of the high moun- 

 tains in Carolina. It has roundish, kid- 

 ney-shaped leaves with radiating veins, 

 and large bright yellow blossoms resem- 

 bling those of ff. montanum. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. reptans. — This pretty species is 

 really the rock form of O. montanum. It 

 grows in the clefts of rocks and in rocky 

 debris on the higher Alps at an elevation 

 of 6000-7500 ft. and is also native of the 

 Pyrenees and the mountain ranges of 

 Eastern Europe. The plant sends out 

 long thread-like runners, at the tips of 

 which are small buds or shoots which take 

 root. The grey-green velvety leaves are 

 more deeply and finely divided than those 

 of Q. montanum, and the flowers are 

 larger, about 2 in. across, and of a soft 

 yellow colour, appearing in summer, and 

 afterwards followed by purple hairy seed 

 heads. 



Culture dc. as above. It flourishes in 

 moist well-drained gritty, but not calca- 

 reous, soils. 



G. rhaeticum. — A native of the Swiss 

 Alps, 6-9 in. high, with hairy lyrate and 

 pinnately cut bright green leaves. The 

 bright yellow flowers, an inch or more 

 across, are usually produced singly on the 

 top of the stem, with 2 or 3 reduced leaves 

 or bracts beneath. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. rivale {Water Avens). — A British 

 plant 1-3 ft. high, found by the banks of 

 streams &c. Leaves variable, pinnate, 

 with more or less obovate toothed leaflets. 

 Flowers from May to July, 1-li in. across, 

 yellow or orange. 



Culture dc. as above. May be grown 

 in marshy places in the rockery, or near 

 streams, pools &c. 



G. strictuin. — A distinct species with 

 a wide geographical distribution, being 



