CEPHALAEIA 



TEASEL OBDEB 



SCABIOSA 491 



Flowers from June to September, white 

 in bud, changing to delicate pink and 

 crimson, in crowded whorls in the axils of 

 the upper leaves or spiny bracts. 

 Culture do. as above. 



DIPSACUS (Teasel).— A genus of 

 erect hairy or prickly biennial herbs, with 

 opposite leaves, usually connate at the 

 base, and toothed or jagged at the mar- 

 gins. Flower heads terminal, oblong- 

 ovoid or roundish. Calyx limb superior, 

 cup-shaped, entire lobed, or cUiate. Co- 

 rolla ftmnel-shaped or cylindrical, often 

 curved ; lobes 4-5, obtuse. Stamens 4. 



Culture and Propagation. — The 

 Teasels are best suited for wild parts of 

 the garden, old banks, hedgerows &c. in 

 any soil. Seeds may be sown in such 

 places when ripe, or in spring, and the 

 plants left to look after themselves. They 

 are picturesque in appearance owing 

 chiefly to their large, more or less conical 

 and pitted flower heads, but are hardly 

 choice enough for the herbaceous border. 



D. FuUonum (Fuller's Teasel). — A 

 prickly-stemmed plant 4-6 ft. high, with 

 oblong lanee-shaped, serrate leaves united 

 at the base. Flowers in summer, whitish, 

 with pale purple anthers, in ovoid heads ; 

 bracts spreading. 



Culture c6c. as above. 



D. laciniatus. — A bold, prickly- 

 stemmed plant 8-10 ft. high, native of 

 Europe and N. Asia. Leaves united at 

 the base into a cup which holds water 

 when it rains, in the same way as the 

 leaves of the Cup Plant (Silphium per- 

 foU'atum) , sinuately jagged, lobes sinuately 

 toothed, downy beneath. Flowers in 

 July, whitish, with red anthers in ovoid 

 heads. Bracts of involucre shghtly erect, 

 stiffish. 



Culture dec. as above. 



D. sylvestris {Common Teasel). — A 

 British and European plant 6 ft. high, 

 with prickly stems and ovate lance-shaped, 

 pointed toothed leaves, united at the base. 

 Flowers in July, pale lilac, in ovoid-oblong 

 heads. Bracts of involucre weak ; in- 

 flexed. 



Culture do. as above. 



CEPHALARIA.— A genus of annual 

 or perennial herbs, closely allied to 

 Dipsacus. Leaves toothed or pinnatifid. 

 Flower heads terminal, globose. 



Ctoliure and Propagation. — These 



plants are scarcely suitable for the flower 

 garden proper, but are appropriate in wild 

 spots and will flourish in any soil. They 

 may be easily increased by division in 

 early autumn or spring ; or seeds may be 

 sown as soon as ripe, afterwards trans- 

 planting the seedlings to flower the follow- 

 ing season. 



C. alpina. — A tall-growitlg perennial 

 native of the Alps, with furrowed stems 

 6-8 ft. high. Leaves opposite, dovniy, grey- 

 green, the lower ones oblong entire, the- 

 upper ones pinnately cut into lance-shaped 

 lobes. The heads of pale yellow flowers 

 appear in June and July. 



Culture do, as above. 



C. tatarica. — A coarse - growing 

 Siberian perennial 5-6 ft. high, with 

 striped hairy stems, pinnate leaves, and 

 decurrent oval lance-shaped, serrated, 

 leaflets. Flowers in summer, yellow, in 

 large heads, paleae or scales deep green, 

 white inside, ciliated. 



Culture dc. as above. 



SCABIOSA (Scabious; Pincushion 

 Flowee). — A genus containing not more 

 than 80 distinct species of annual or 

 perennial herbs, sometimes rather 

 shrubby at the base, with entire, toothed, 

 lobed or dissected leaves. Bracts of the 

 involucre in one or two series. Eecept- 

 acle more or less conical, hairy, or with 

 scaly braoteoles shorter than the florets. 

 Calyx limb cup-shaped, with 4 or more 

 bristly teeth. CoroUa limb 4-5-cleft,. 

 nearly equal, or often oblique, or two- 

 lipped. Stamens 4, very rarely 2. 



Culture and Propagation. — Scabious 

 grow well in ordinary good garden soil, 

 and are easily raised from seed sown 

 either in spring or autumn, according as 

 to whether they are required to bloom in 

 summer or spring. The perennial kinds 

 may be increased by division in early 

 autumn or spring, and may also be in- 

 creased by seeds sown as soon as ripe in 

 the open border, afterwards transplanting 

 the seedlings in mild showery weather 

 when large enough to handle easily. 



The following is a selection of the 

 kinds best for the flower garden : — 



S. atropurpurea {Mournful Widow; 

 Common Purple or Sweet Scabious). — 

 A very handsome annual, native of S.W. 

 Europe, 2-3 ft. high. Lower leaves lancei- 

 shaped ovate, lyrate, coarsely toothed ; 

 upper ones pinnately cut into oblong, 

 toothed or cut lobes. Flowers in July 



