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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS peimula 



white or lilac-purple, densely glandular 

 hairy. 



Culture dc. as above. The rock garden 

 in deep, sandy loam. 



P. Auricula (P. lutea). — Com/mon 

 Auricula. — The wild Auricula is a pretty 

 native of the Swiss Alps, about 3 in. high. 

 Leaves oblong lance-shaped, or obovate, 

 fleshy, glaucous or floury, somewhat 

 toothed. Flowers in April, yellow, 1 in. 

 or more across, many in an imibel. 

 P. Balbisi is a pretty form with yellow 

 flowers, and rounder glossy green leaves. 

 Dolomitis, a Tyrolese variety, has lemon- 

 yellow flowers 8-10 in an umbel, on 

 green scapes 2-3 in. high. 



Culture dc. as above. Borders or 

 rookeries in moist rich sandy soil. The 

 Garden Auricula and its forms are dealt 

 with separately at p. 618. 



P. auriculata (P. longifoUa ; P. macro- 

 jahylla). — A handsome Austrian alpine, 

 about 4 in. high. Leaves oblong or obo- 

 vate, smooth, slightly crenate, pale but 

 not floury beneath. Flowers in May and 

 June, purple, with a white centre, 5-6 in 

 a drooping umbel. Corolla tube l-lj 

 in. long. There is a variety glacialis, 

 and one from China called polyphylla. 



Culture dc. as above. The rock garden, 

 in free sandy soil and leaf mould. 



P. bella. — A pretty little Chinese 

 species, with long-stalked, ovate, or 

 roundish deeply lobed leaves. Flowers 

 in summer, violet-purple, large, 2-3 on 

 a scape. Corolla lobes deeply notched ; 

 mouth of tube bearded with white hairs. 



Culture dc. as above. Sheltered 

 corners of the rockery in sandy soil and 

 leaf mould. 



P. bellunensis. — A native of the Alps 

 of Belluno and probably a natural hybrid 

 between P. Auricula and its variety 

 Balbisi. Leaves broadly ovate, blunt, 

 deeply and evenly toothed, densely 

 fringed, with winged stalks. Flowers in 

 May and June, large, golden-yellow, on 

 long stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. The rock 

 garden in sandy loam and leaf mould. 



P. Berninse. — A natural hybrid or 

 seedling variety from P. viscosa and its 

 variety hirsuta. Leaves obovate or 

 roundish, slightly crenate, glandular- 

 hairy, clasping at the base. Flowers in 

 April and May, large, rosy-purple. 



Culture dc. as above. Eock garden in 

 rich loam and leaf soil well-drained, 



P. biflora. — A hybrid between P. fldr- 

 heana and P. minima, not more than 1 in. 

 or so high, native of the Tyrol. Leaves 

 about 1 in. long, rather wedge-shaped, 

 serrate. Flowers in spring, large deep 

 rose, in pairs on short stalks, numerous. 



Culture dc. as above. A little gem for 

 exposed sunny parts of the rockery in moist 

 sandy loam and peat. 



P. blattariformis. — A handsome some- 

 what hairy Chinese species, with ovate or 

 obovate deeply crenate leaves. Flowers 

 in spring, lilac, on scapes 8-12 in. high. 

 Corolla lobes broadly oboordate. 



Culture dc. as above. Sandy loam in 

 the border or rockery. 



P. bracteata. — A thick and woody- 

 rooted Chinese species. Leaves wrinkled 

 oblong blunt with long winged stalks. 

 Flowers in March, large, yellow, with 

 obcordate notched lobes. Calyx downy. 



Culture dc. as above. Sheltered parts 

 of the rockery with pieces of limestone or 

 mortar rubble mixed with the soil. 



P. buUata. — A beautiful thick-rooted 

 Chinese species almost entirely covered 

 with golden flour. Leaves lance-shaped, 

 doubly serrate, with winged stalked 

 flowers in April, golden-yeUow, many on 

 tail stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. Bequires same 

 treatment as P. bracteata. 



P. calliantha. — A pretty thick-rooted 

 Chinese species. Leaves oblong or obovate 

 oblong, leathery, covered with a golden 

 powder beneath, finely crenate. Flowers 

 in June, large, deep violet-purple, 5-10 in 

 an umbel. 



Culture dc. as above. Moist sandy 

 loam and peat in sheltered parts of the 

 rockery. 



P. calycina. — ^A native of the Lombardy 

 Alps. Leaves oblong or broadly lanoe- 

 shaped entire, about 2 in. long, with carti- 

 laginous margins, glossy green above, 

 glaucous beneath. Flowers in May and 

 June, about 1 in. across, purple in umbels, 

 on stalks 2-4 in. high. 



Culture dc. as above. Sandy soil in 

 sheltered parts of the rockery. 



P. capitata. — A beautiful Himalayan 

 species with oblong wrinkled and toothed 

 leaves, sometimes with a golden powder 

 on the under surface. Flowers in autumn, 

 deep violet-purple, in dense round heads 

 1^2 in. across, covered with a white 

 powder outside, on stalks 6-9 in. high. 



