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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS michauxia 



climbing, erect, or decumbent stems, and 

 alternate or irregularly opposite leaves. 

 Calyx tube adnate, hemispherical ; limb 

 5-parted, leafy ; corolla broadly tubular or 

 bell-shaped, 5-cleft. Stamens free. Ovary 

 nearly inferior, or half superior, truncate 

 or'conical at the apex, 3-5-celled. Capsule 

 dry or fleshy. 



Culture and Propagation. — These 

 plants are not very well known, although 

 they are well worth a place in the flower 

 border. They thrive in ordinary good 

 garden soil, and are probably better raised 

 from seeds than by dividing the roots. 

 The same treatment recommended above 

 for Platycodon wUl suit Codonopsis per- 

 fectly. 



clematidea {Qlossocom/ia clema- 

 — A Himalayan perennial 2-3 ft. 

 high, with ovate pointed stalked leaves, 

 and white bell-shaped flowers tinged with 

 blue. 



Culture Ac. as above. 



C. ovata. — A native of the Western 

 Himalayas, 12-18 in. high, with ovate, 

 alternate, and opposite leaves, stalked 

 below, sessile above. Flowers in June 

 and July, solitary, nodding, about 1^ in. 

 long, bell-shaped, pale blue with deeper 

 veins, and a purple zone near the base 

 outside ; in the interior are two zones of 

 purple, one of yellow, and one black at 

 the base surrounding the upper portion of 

 the ovary. 



Culture do. as above. 



C. rotundifolia. — A slender climbing 

 Himalayan annual with opposite or rarely 

 alternate, ovate, bluntish leaves, and 

 large yellowish-green bell-shaped flowers 

 veined with dark purple. The variety 

 granMflora has flowers more beautifully 

 and conspicuously veined than the type. 



Cidture Sc. as above. 



CYANANTHUS. — A genus of 6 

 species of slender annuals or perennials 

 clothed with white, black, or rusty hairs. 

 Leaves alternate, often small, entire or 

 somewhat lobed. Calyx nearly free, 

 tubular, bell- shaped, or ovoid inflated, 

 5-cleft. Corolla funnel- or beU-shaped, 

 5-lobed. Ovary superior, 3-5-celied. 

 Stigma shortly 3-5-cleft, with linear 

 lobes. Capsule conical. 



Culture and Propagation. — These 

 plants thrive in sandy peat and leaf soil, 

 and like plenty of water during growth, 

 as their long fleshy roots greedily absorb 



moisture. They are suitable for the rock 

 garden in semi-shaded spots. In hot, dry 

 seasons seeds may ripen, in which case 

 they should be sown at once to increase 

 the stock. Cuttings of the yoimg shoots 

 may be put in sandy peat in spring or 

 summer, and kept moist and shaded until 

 rooted. The natiu-e of the roots is against 

 successful division of the crowns. It is 

 possible that plants may be obtained 

 from root-cuttings about 1 in. or so long, 

 placed in brisk bottom heat in early 

 spring. 



C. incanus. — A pretty Himalayan 

 rock plant 3-4 in^. high, with oval, 

 shghtly lobed leaves covered with soft 

 white hairs. Flowers in August, soft sky- 

 blue, tube l-lj in. long; throat lined 

 with soft white hairs. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. lobatus. — A native of the Hima- 

 layas, 3-4 in. high, with smaU, fleshy, 

 obovate, lobed leaves, and hairy stems 

 and calyx. Flowers in August and 

 September, bright purple-blue, about 1 in. 

 across, funnel-shaped, with 5 tongue- 

 shaped reflexed segments. 



Culture dc. as above. 



MICHAUXIA. — A genus containing 

 4 species of erect hairy or smooth bien- 

 nial herbs, with irregularly toothed and 

 lobed leaves, few on the stem. Calyx 

 tube adnate, broadly turbinate or hemi- 

 spherical; limb 8-10-parted, sinuses 

 with reflexed dilated appendages. Corolla 

 8-10-parted, lobes narrow, spreading or 

 recurved. Stamens 8-10, free. Ovary in- 

 ferior, 8-10-celled. Style thick ; stigma 

 cleft into 8-10 linear lobes. Capsule 

 hemispherical. 



Culture and Propagation. — Michau- 

 xias like a deep rich loamy soU and warm 

 sheltered sunny places in the border with 

 a little shade at midday. They are best 

 raised from seeds sown in September in 

 a cold frame, the seedlings being pro- 

 tected by glass until about the end of 

 May, when they can be planted out with 

 safety. Seedlings raised in spring do 

 not make such fine plants. They do not 

 always look very happy in the garden. 



M. campanuloides. — A remarkable 

 plant 3-8 ft. high in favourable places, 

 native of the Levant. Stems whitish, 

 very hairy. Leaves stem-clasping, oblong, 

 coarsely toothed and lobed, 3-6 in. long 

 below, becoming gradually smaller up- 



