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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS olearia 



A. Tradescanti. — A graceful species 

 about 4 ft. high, with lance-shaped, 

 serrated, Hfeath-like leaves. Flowers in 

 August and September, white, numerous. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



A. tricephalus. — A native of Sikkim. 

 Lower leaves obovate, spoon-shaped, with 

 long winged stalks ; upper ones oblong, 

 somewhat stem- clasping. Flowers in 

 July and August, purple, large, and showy. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 grows 1-3 ft. high and is perfectly liardy. 

 It has creeping rootstocks and is easily 

 increased by division in autumn or spring. 



A. trinervius. — A beautiful species 

 closely related to A. sikhimensis, and 

 native of the Himalayas. It grows 2|- 

 4 ft. high, and has lance-shaped coarsely 

 toothed leaves 3-4 in. long. The white 

 or- pale bluish-purple flower-heads, over 

 an inch across, are borne in loose clusters 

 from August to October. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. turbinellus. — A handsome plant 

 2-3 ft. high, with lance-shaped, somewhat 

 stem-clasping ciliated leaves. Flowers 

 in summer and autumn, dehcate mauve. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. umbellatus. — A taU-growing plant 

 5-8 ft. high, with masses of white flowers 

 with yellow centres borne in autumn. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. undulatus. — About 3 feet high, 

 with hairy stems. Leaves oblong heart- 

 shaped, stem - clasping, with winged 

 stalks. Flowers in August, white, chang- 

 ing to purple. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. versicolor. — A pretty, rather pro- 

 strate species 9-15 in. high, with smooth 

 oblong lance-shaped, tapering leaves, lower 

 ones serrate, stalked ; upper ones sessile, 

 stem-clasping. Flowers in September, 1 in. 

 across, white to rose or lilac. The variety 

 Antigone grows about 3J ft. high, and is 

 less bushy than the type. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. vimineus. — A pretty bushy species, 

 about 2| ft. high, with narrow linear 

 leaves. Flowers in September, white, 

 ^ in. across, numerous. The variety 

 Cassiope is somewhat taller, with white 

 and lilac flowers ; and nanus is dwarfer in 

 habit. 



Culture dc. as above. 



OLEARIA (Daisy Tebe).— A genus 

 consisting of 85 species of arborescent 

 shrubs or bushes, rarely herbs, with 

 alternate or rarely opposite entire or 

 toothed leaves. Flower heads soHtary, 

 corymbose or paniculate. Involucre ovoid, 

 bell-shaped, or hemispherical. Disc flat 

 or somewhat convex, pitted. Achenes 

 smooth or slightly flattened. Pappus 

 bristly. 



Culture and Propagation. — It is 

 practically useless to grow Olearias in 

 cold bleak parts of the coimtry, although 

 0. Haasti is recorded as having been 

 uninjiu:ed by 13° frost in the gardens of 

 Alnwick Castle, Northumberland. The 

 other species, however, have not been 

 proved quite so hardy. They Kke rich 

 loam, but do well in ordinary garden soil, 

 and make good bushes for the border or 

 shrubbery. To increase the plants, cut- 

 tings of the half-ripened young shoots 

 4-6 in. long should be inserted in sandy 

 soil in a close cold frame, or handlight, 

 and kept shaded until nearly rooted. 

 Cuttings of the ripened shoots may be 

 inserted in the same way about Septem- 

 ber, and by the following spring will be 

 well rooted. Seeds of some of the Daisy 

 Trees (e.g. 0. Haasti and 0. macrodonta) 

 are ripened freely in our climate, and 

 may be sown in cold frames when fully 

 ripe, or in spring in gentle heat. The 

 seedlings are to be pricked out when large 

 enough, and may be grown on in cold 

 frames until they have made sturdy little 

 bushes. Plants raised from seeds ripened 

 in the British Islands are far more likely 

 to stand the severities of our winters than 

 are those raised from imported seeds. 



O. dentata. — An Australian shrub vdth 

 elliptic or heart-shaped ovate orenate 

 leaves 1 J-2 in. long, and rosy-white flower 

 heads about l:f in. across with a bright 

 yellow centre. 



Culture dc. as above. Hardy only in 

 the mildest parts of the kingdom. 



O. Forsteri. — A New Zealand shi-ub 

 with oblong blunt wavy leaves 2-3 in. 

 long, downy white beneath. Flower- 

 heads white, corymbose. 



Culture dc. as above. 



O. Haasti. — A pretty New Zealand 

 shrub 2-4 ft. high, with hoary young 

 shoots, ovate oblong or elliptic leaves 

 about 1 in. long, white beneath and some- 

 what resemblmg those of the Box tree. 

 Flowers in August, small, white, Daisy- 



