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golden shining yellow, solitary in the axils 

 of the leaves, with broad sepals. There 

 is a variety with soft yellow leaves called 

 aurea. 



Culture cmd Propagation. — For creep- 

 ing and trailing over rocks, down banks, 

 over old tree atiunps, or for hanging 

 baskets, the Creeping Jenny is a most 

 useful and ornamental plant. It grows 

 in ordinary soil, but prefers rather moist 

 and partially shaded situations to become 

 luxuriant in growth. It rarely ripens 

 any seeds, so that it must be increased 

 by other means. The easiest way is to 

 divide the tufts in early autumn or in 

 spring, planting them out in good soil. 

 The long shoots may also be made into 

 cuttings 2-4 in. long, and inserted in a 

 moist shady border where they will soon 

 root. The stems even thrown down 

 on moist soil will give forth new plants 

 without any trouble. 



This species is grown extensively for 

 market in pots. In spring the established 

 plants are taken up and potted in rich 

 sandy loam and leaf soil, and put in a cold 

 frame till they recover from the shock of 

 moving. They are then taken into a 

 greenhouse, the gentle warmth of which, 

 and plenty of water, induces long trailing 

 growths and a proftision of early flowers 

 almost the entire length of the stems. 

 They are then fit for market, and are 

 chiefly used for trailing over the sides of 

 window boxes, hanging in porches, and in 

 cottagers' windows. 



L. paridiformis. — ^A distinct and inter- 

 esting Chinese species 1-1| ft. high, having 

 bright red stems, furnished with 3 or 4 

 pairs of opposite scales instead of leaves. 

 The true leaves are elliptic in shape and 

 tapering at each end. They are borne in 

 opposite pairs, but these are so close 

 together as to suggest a whorl of four 

 leaves as seen in Paris quadrifolia (p. 880). 

 They are yellowish-green when young, 

 but become tinged with purple as they 

 grow older. The bright yellow flowers, 

 with a deeper colom-ed centre, resemble 

 those of L. vulgaris, and are freely borne 

 in August in the axils of the leaves. 



Culture do. as above. It makes a 

 good rock plant and may be hicreaBed by 

 division after flowering, or by seeds sown 

 as soon as ripe if obtainable. 



L. punctata {L. verticillata). — A native 

 of Europe and W. Asia about 1 ft. high, 

 with stalked oblong lance-shaped leaves 



in whorls. Flowers in July and August^ 

 yeUow, with ovate acute petals. 



Culture etc. as above. Moist places by 

 the edges of ponds, streams &c. 



L. thyrsiflora (i. capitata; Naumbu/r- 

 gia thyrsiflora). — A pretty British species 

 found in marshes, the sides of streams 

 &c. It grows 1-3 ft. high, and has oppo- 

 site, sessile lance-shaped leaves 2-3 in. 

 long, covered with black dots and rather 

 crowded at the top of the stem. Flowers 

 in June and July, yeUow, in dense erect 

 racemes springing from the leaf axils. 



Culture dc. as above. Edges of 

 streams, ponds, or marshy places. 



L. vulgaris (CommoTO or Yellow Loose- 

 strife). — A pretty British plant with a 

 creeping stolon-bearing rootstock. Stems 

 2-4 ft. high, with sessUe leaves 2-4 in. 

 long, opposite and whorled, ovate lance- 

 shaped, with black glands." Flowers in 

 July and August, dimorphic, rather beU- 

 shaped, ^ in. across, yellow, with orange 

 dots inside, in short panicled cymes in 

 the axils of the upper leaves. A rare 

 plant known as L. dahuricairom. Dahuria 

 and Manchuria is closely related to the 

 Common Loosestrife. It does not, how- 

 ever, produce runners, and flowers later 

 and longer than that species. 



Culture dc. as above. May be used 

 with advantage on the edges of ponds, 

 streams &c., or in the wild garden in moist 

 soil. Increased by dividing the roots 

 after flowering. 



TRIENTALIS (Star Flower).— A 

 genus with 2 species of very smooth herbs 

 with a slender creeping perennial root- 

 stock, and slender, solitary, erect stems. 

 Leaves often equal in number to the 

 petals, somewhat whorled, obovate-eUiptio 

 or lanoe-shaped, entire. Peduncles 1-3^ 

 one-flowered, thread-like. Flowers white. 

 Calyx 5-9-parted with linear lance-shaped, 

 spreading segments. CoroUa hypogynous, 

 rotate, 5-9-parted with a very short tube,, 

 and eUiptic, lance-shaped, entire, twisted 

 segments. Stamens 5-9. Ovary superior, 

 free, globose. Capsule many-seeded. 



Culture and Propagation. — These 

 charming little plants like shady situa- 

 tions and light rich soil. They may be 

 increased by dividing the roots in spring 

 or autumn. Seeds may also be sown in 

 cold frames in shallow pans or boxes 

 under glass, when ripe, or in spring, after- 

 wards transferring the seedlings to the 

 open ground when large enough. 



