SPBCULAEIA 



HAREBELL OBDEB 



ADBNOPHOEA 569 



C. trichocalycina. — A vigorous Euro- 

 pean species 1-3 ft. high, with shortly 

 stallied, ovate -acute, coarsely toothed 

 leaves. Flowers in July, blue, 1-3 in 

 the axil of each bract, in terminal spikes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. versicolor. — A native of Greece 

 3-4 ft. high, with ovate-heart-shaped, 

 toothed leaves, lower ones stalked, upper 

 sessile. Flowers from July to September, 

 deep violet, paler in the middle, bell- 

 shaped rotate, in long spiked racemes. 

 There is a variety called Bosani. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. waldsteiniana. — A Hungarian rook 

 plant 4-6 in. high, with greyish lance- 

 shaped, serrate leaves, lower ones blunt, 

 upper pointed. Flowers in June, violet- 

 blue, erect. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Warleyi.— This pretty little Bell 

 Flower, about 6 in. high, recently origi- 

 nated in the garden of Miss WUmott, 

 Warley Place, Essex, and may possibly 

 be a hybrid between C. isophylla and a 

 variety of C. carpatica. Lower leaves 

 with stalks about 2 in. long, and roundish 

 heart - shaped coarsely toothed blades ; 

 upper ones shortly stalked, lance-shaped. 

 Flowers in July, bright purple, rotate, 

 with 2 alternating corollas. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. Zoysi. — A pretty little alpine, 

 about 8 in. high, native of Carniola. 

 Leaves crowded, ovate-spoon-shaped or 

 obovate-lanee-shaped, upper ones linear. 

 Flowers in June, drooping, pale blue, 

 with deeper lines. 



Culture dc. as above. Should be 

 grown in sunny crevices in rich sandy soil. 



SPECULARIA (Vbnus's Looking- 

 Glass)..— A genus of 8 species of erect or 

 decumbent, hairy or smooth, annual herbs, 

 with alternate entire or toothed leaves. 

 Flowers axillary, sessile, or shortly stalked, 

 the upper ones in panicles. Calyx tube 

 adnate, oblong or linear, Umb 5-parted. 

 Corolla somewhat rotate or broadly bell- 

 shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens free. Ovary 

 inferior 3-celled. Stigma shortly B-lobed. 

 Capsule oblong or linear. 



Culture and Propagation. — Specu- 

 larias grow in ordinary garden soil and 

 often reproduce themselves annually from 

 self-sown seeds. They are pretty annuals 

 for the front of borders or rockeries and 

 are very effective when grown in large 



bold masses. By sowing the seeds when 

 ripe, and at intervals from April to mid- 

 summer, a good succession of blossom is 

 maintained. 



S. hybrida (Corn Violet). — A more or 

 less decmnbent British species 6-10 in. 

 high, with ovate or spoon-shaped leaves, 

 lower ones broadly stalked, upper ones 

 sessile. Flowers from June to September, 

 blue inside, hlac outside, cleft to near the 

 middle. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. pentagonia. — A native of the Levant 

 about 1 ft. high. Leaves obovate, ovate- 

 oblong or lance-shaped. Flowers in July, 

 blue, with spreading lobes. There is a 

 beautiful white-flowered variety of this 

 species. 



Culture dec. as above. 



S. perfoliata. — A N. American species 

 3-18 in. high. Leaves roundish or ovate, 

 stem-clasping, toothed. Flowers from 

 May to August, purple-blue. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Speculum. — A European annual, 

 about 1 ft. high, with more or less ovate- 

 oblong or lanee-shaped leaves. Flowers 

 in July, purple. There are several forms 

 of this species — the Common Venus's 

 Looking Glass — including one with white 

 flowers, one with double or semi-double 

 blossoms, and one called procumbent with 

 a very trailing habit which makes it valu- 

 able for the front of borders or for trailing 

 over stones in the rockery. 



Culture dc. as above. 



ADENOPHORA. — A genus contain- 

 ing 10-15 species of pretty perennial 

 herbs, with alternate and somewhat 

 whorled, entire or coarsely toothed leaves. 

 Flowers shortly stalked, nodding, in loose 

 terminal racemes or panicles. Calyx tube 

 adnate, ovoid or roundish ; limb o-parted. 

 Corolla beU-shaped, 5-lobed. Stamens 

 free. Disc epigynous, fleshy, cup-shaped 

 or tubular. Ovary inferior, 3-ceUed. 

 Stigma 3-lobed. 



Culture and Propagation. — Adeno- 

 phoras thrive in rich loamy soil in warm 

 sunny positions. Owing to the fleshy 

 nature of their roots they do not stand 

 division well. Nevertheless if carefully 

 divided in early autvunn or spring, and the 

 separated portions carefully planted and 

 watered, they will make fine specimens. 

 They ripen seeds freely, and new plants 

 may be obtained by sowing in autumn as 



