ACHILLEA 



DAISY OBDEB 



SANTOLINA 529 



A. Herba-Rota. — A pretty sweet- 

 scented plant about 6 in. high, native of 

 Prance. Leaves lance-shaped serrate. 

 Flowers in May, white, in loose corymbs 

 on long stems. 



CtoUure do. as above. 



A. macrophylla. — A distinct Tyrolese 

 Milfoil 1^2 ft. high, with large smooth 

 green leaves pinnately divided into oval 

 lance-shaped segments, more or less 

 irregularly toothed. The white flower- 

 heads are borne in loose clusters and 

 usually appear in July and August, but 

 sometimes as early as May and June. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 may be increased readily by division in 

 early autumn or spring, but unlike most 

 of the other kinds it prefers a somewhat 

 shaded position in the flower border or 

 rock garden. 



A. Millefolium roseum. — The rose- 

 coloured variety of the common British 

 Yarrow is well worth growing as a border 

 plant. It grows 1-3 fl. high, with strap- 

 shaped deeply cut leaves. Flowers in 

 ovoid heads from early summer tiU 

 autumn. 



Culture d-c. as above. 



A. mongolica. — A beautiful Mongolian 

 plant about U ft. high, with entire 

 leaves and pure white flowers produced 

 in July and August. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. pectinata. — A pretty tufted Italian 

 alpine, with bright green, pinnately cut 

 leaves about 2 in. long. Flowers in June, 

 white. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. Ptarmica. — A fine British plant 

 1-2 ft. high, with lance-shaped, regularly 

 toothed leaves, and corymbs of pure white 

 flowers in summer and autumn. The 

 varieties Snowball, elegans, flore plena, 

 and The Pearl — especially the latter — 

 are splendid for cutting. The plants are 

 vigorous in sunshine, but the flowers do 

 not last so long as in partially shaded 

 places. 



Culture dc. as above. 



_A. rupestris. — A native of S. Italy, 

 3 in. high, with a tufted rootstock, and 

 rosettes of linear spoon-shaped entire 

 silvery leaves becoming scattered up the 

 stem. Flowers in May, white, greenish 

 in the centre, in corymbs 1-1 J in. across. 

 Culture dc. as above. Increased 

 easily by division in spring. 



A. serrata. — A handsome Swiss plant 

 1-2 ft. high, with silvery white lanoe- 

 shaped deeply serrate sessile leaves. 

 Flowers in summer, large, white, nume- 

 rous, in small corymbose clusters forming 

 a somewhat spreading panicle. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased easily 

 by division in spring. 



A. tanacetifolia. — A fine European 

 plant 2j ft. high, with silvery out leaves 

 and large heads of pale lemon-yellow 

 flowers. 



Culture do. as above. Increased 

 easily by division in spring. 



A. tomentosa. — A beautiful densely 

 tufted European species 8-12 in. high, 

 with woolly leaves twice pinnately out 

 into linear acute segments. Flowers in 

 summer, bright yellow, in compound 

 corymbs. 



Culture dc. as above. Easily in- 

 creased by division of the tufts in spring. 

 This species likes rather dry gritty soU 

 in sunny places, and may be used for 

 making a carpet in front of borders or in 

 the rockery. 



A. umbellata. — A pretty dwarf rock 

 plant 4-5 in. high, native of Greece. 

 Leaves heavily clothed with a handsome 

 silvery down, and regularly cut into 

 obovate entire lobes. Flowers in June, 

 white, 6-8 in a simple umbel. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased 

 easily by division in spring. 



SANTOLINA (Lavendbk Cotton ; 

 French Lavender). — A genus of about 

 8 species of fragrant undershrubs, with 

 alternate, pectinate, or clustered and pin- 

 nately cut leaves. Flower-heads usually 

 yellow, roundish, on long stalks. Corollas 

 regular. Achenes 3-4-, rarely 5-, angled. 



Culture and Propagation. — Santo- 

 linas grow well in ordinary garden soil, 

 and are very effective at a short distance 

 when grown in masses. They are easily 

 increased by division of the roots in 

 autiman or spring. Cuttings of the young 

 shoots may also be inserted in sandy soU 

 in cold frames at the same seasons. 



S. Charaaecyparissus {Common Lav- 

 ender Cotton). — A pretty, greyish-looking 

 shrubby plant 1-2 ft. high,native of dry and 

 arid places in S. Europe. Leaves small, 

 linear, somewhat fleshy, toothed, close set, 

 and covered with a hoary down. Flowers. 

 in July, yellowish, in roimded heads. 



Culture dc. as above. 



