SOLIDAGO 



DAISY OBDEB 



BEACHYCOMB 497 



S. canadensis. — A species with roughly 

 hairy stems, 3-6 ft. high, and lance- 

 shaped, pointed, sharply serrate, or entire 

 leaves, more or less downy beneath. 

 Flowers in August. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Drummondi. — Grows 1-3 ft. high, 

 with broadly ovate or oval leaves, 

 coarsely and sharply toothed, or almost 

 entire, velvety downy beneath. Flowers 

 in summer ; ray florets 4 or 5. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. lanceolata (Euthamia gramini- 

 folia). — A downy plant 2-8 ft. high, with 

 linear lance-shaped, entire leaves, and 

 obeonical heads of flowers in dense clus- 

 ters, produced in September ; ray florets 

 15-20. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. rigida. — A vigorous species 3-5 ft. 

 high, with oval or oblong, thick, rigid 

 leaves. Flowers in September, in com- 

 pound corymbs ; ray florets 7-10. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. rugosa (8. altissima). — A roughly 

 hairy plant, 2-7 ft. high. Leaves ovate- 

 lance-shaped, elliptic or oblong, often 

 thickish and very wrinkled, coarsely and 

 sharply toothed. Flowers in August and 

 September,, in spreading, panicled ra- 

 cemes. Eay florets 6-9. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. sempervirens. — A thick, smooth- 

 stemmed plant 1-6 ft. high, with smooth, 

 entire, lance-shaped leaves. Flowers in 

 September, in short racemes. Eay florets 

 8-10. 



Culture do. as above. 



S. serotina (8. fragrans). — A more or 

 less glaucous-stemmed plant, about 3 ft. 

 high. Leaves lance-shaped, pointed, ser- 

 rated, roughish above, smoothish beneath. 

 Flowers from August to October, in pyra- 

 midal panicles. 



Culture dc, as above. 



S. speciosa. — A handsome plant, with 

 stout, smooth stems 3-6 ft. high. Leaves 

 more or less oval, thickish, rough, slightly 

 serrate ; lower ones 4-6 in. long. Flowers 

 in October, somewhat crowded in pyra- 

 midal clusters. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Virgaurea. — A native of British 

 Islands, as well as the N. temperate zone, 

 6-24 in. high, with linear or lance-shaped 

 oblong, obscurely toothed leaves, 1-4 in. 



long. Flowers fcom July to September, 

 crowded. Eay florets 10-12, spreading. 

 Cambrica is a dwarf variety. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



APHANOSTEPHUS. — A small 

 genus of many-stemmed downy herbs 

 with alternate leaves and solitary flower- 

 heads at the ends of the shoots. Involucre 

 hemispherical. Eeceptacle convex or 

 somewhat conical. Eay florets white or 

 purple ; disc yellow. 



A. ramosissimus. — ■ A pretty annual 

 about 4 in. high, native of Texas. It 

 makes dense tufts and produces during 

 the summer months numerous stems each 

 bearing a flower-head about 1 in. across 

 with violet-blue or purple ray florets sur- 

 rounding a yellow disc. 



Culture aiid Propagation. — This 

 flourishes in ordinary garden soil in warm 

 sunny spots in the rock garden or flower 

 border. It should be raised from seeds 

 sown annually in February or March in 

 gentle heat, so that the seedlings will be 

 large and sturdy for the open air by the 

 end of May. 



BRACHYCOME.— A genus of pretty 

 annuals or perennials, closely related to 

 the Daisy (Bellis) in structure. Bracts 

 of the involucre with membranous mar- 

 gins. Eeceptacle pitted, naked. Fruit 

 flattened, surmounted with a bristly 

 pappus. 



B. iberidifolia {Swan River Da/lay). 

 A pretty Austrahan annual 8-12 in. high, 

 with pinnate leaves cut into linear seg- 

 naents. Flowers during summer and 

 autumn, bright blue (or white in the 

 variety alba), about 1 in. across, with a 

 dark or pale centre, in loose terminal 

 clusters. There is also a form with rosy- 

 lilac blossoms, and one called bicolor ia 

 which the blue flowers have a distinct 

 and well-defined white band at the base 

 of the petals. 



Culture amd Propagation. — If grown 

 in a bright simny spot the Swan Eiver 

 Daisy flowers profusely. Seeds may be 

 sown in gentle heat in March, and the 

 seedlings pricked out or potted on until 

 the first week of June, when they can be 

 planted out ; or they may be sown in the 

 open border at the end of April, thinning 

 the seedHngs out to about 6 in. apart. 

 Seeds are often sown in a cool frame in 

 September, and the plants grown on in 

 pots in a, cool greenhouse during the 



