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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS symphyandba 



soon as ripe, or iu spring, in a cold frame, 

 afterwards pricking the seedlings out into 

 light soil and finally transplanting either 

 In autumn or spring. The plants are 

 useful for the decoration of the rockery, 

 or in the flower border. 



A. coronopifolia. — A native of Dahuria 

 1-2 ft. high, with rotmdish heart-shaped 

 toothed leaves, the upper ones being linear 

 lance-shaped nearly entire. Flowers in 

 July, blue, 3-10 in terminal racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. denticulata (A. tricuspidata). — A 

 Dahurian species about 1^ ft. high. Lower 

 leaves rounded toothed, stalked; upper 

 ones sessile, ovate lance-shaped. Flowers 

 in July, blue, small, in more or less 

 elongated racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. L^marcki. — A native of E. Europe, 

 1-2 ft. high. Leaves ovate lance-shaped, 

 sharply toothed. Flowers in June, blue, 

 in racemes. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



A. latifolia {A. per eaTciw folia). — A 

 Dahurian species 1^ ft. high. Leaves 3-5 

 in a whorl, ovate-oblong, pointed, coarsely 

 toothed and ciliated. Flowers in July, 

 blue, scattered on the upper portions of 

 the stems. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. liliifolia (A. Fischeri). — A Siberian 

 species about IJ ft. high. Lower leaves 

 roundish heart-shaped toothed ; upper 

 ones sessile, ovate lance-shaped, coarsely 

 toothed. Flowers in August, blue or 

 whitish - blue, sweet - scented, in loose 

 pyramidal panicles. 



Culture dc. as above. 



A. stylosa. — A native of E. Europe 

 1-1^ ft. high. Lower leaves obovate, 

 sinuate ; upper ones ovate pointed, smooth. 

 Flowers in May, pale blue, in loose 

 racemes. 



Culture Ac. as above. 



A. verticillata. — A native of Dahuria, 

 2-3 ft, high. Leaves in whorls, roundish, 

 toothed below ; ovate-lance-shaped above. 

 Flowers in June, pale blue, small, irregu- 

 larly scattered on the upper portions of 

 the stems. 



Culture dc. as above. 



SYMPHYANDRA.— A genus with 7 

 species of perennial herbs having broad, 

 often heart-shaped toothed leaves, the 

 lower ones long-stalked, the upper alter- 



nate, few or small. Flowers in loose 

 panicles or racemes, often nodding. 

 Calyx-tube adnate hemispherical or turbi- 

 nate ; limb " deeply 5- lobed or parted ; 

 sinuses naked, or dilated into refiexed 

 appendages. Corolla beU-shaped, 5-lobed. 

 Stamens &ee from the corolla ; anthers 

 united round the style. Ovary inferior 

 3-celled. Stigma B-lobed. 



Culture wtid, Propagation. — These 

 plants like a rich sandy well-drained loam 

 and situations partially shaded from the 

 mid-day sun. They are increased by 

 seeds sown in spring or in autumn when 

 ripe in cold frames ; by cuttings of the 

 young shoots in sandy soil in spring and 

 early summer ; or by dividing the roots In 

 early autumn or spring. The plants may 

 be grown in the rockery or flower border 

 and are effective if two or three are placed 

 together about 18 in. apart. 



S. Armena. — A native of Eastern 

 Europe, about 2 ft. high, with whitish 

 downy ovate acute deeply serrated leaves. 

 Flowers in June, blue, solitary, erect. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. HofTmani. — A showy Bosnian 

 species 1-lJ ft. high, with lance-shaped 

 sharply toothed leaves. Flowers in sum- 

 mer, large, white, drooping, bearded inside, 

 over 1 in. long, tubular. Calyx leafy, 

 with 5 lance-shaped sepals half as long as 

 the coroUa. 



Culture do. as above. 



S. pendula. — A showy Caucasian 

 perennial about 2 ft. high, with drooping 

 hairy branches and ovate acute toothed 

 downy leaves. Flowers in July, creamy- 

 white, funnel-shaped. Calyx lobes lance- 

 shaped. 



Culture dc. as above. 



S. Wanneri (Campanula Wamneri). 

 A native of Transylvania about 6 in. high, 

 with downy lance - shaped unequally 

 toothed leaves. Flowers in summer, blue, 

 borne in the axils of the leaves and at the 

 ends of the shoots. 



Culture dc. as above. 



TRACHELIUM (Throatwort). — A 

 genus of 4-5 species of smooth and hairy 

 perennial herbs or bushes. Flowers in 

 umbels or panicles. Calyx tube adnate 

 ovoid or roundish, angled ; limb 6-parted. 

 Corolla narrowly tubular, shortly 5-lobed. 

 Stamens free. Ovary inferior, usually 

 3-oelled. Style ultimately protruding ; 

 stigma 2-3-lobed, fleshy. 



