ANAGALLIS 



PBIMBOSE OBDEB 



ANAGALLIS 631 



T. americana. — A native of N.W. 

 America, about 9 in. high, with steins 

 naked below but having 5-9 unequal 

 leaves at the top, lance-shaped, pointed at 

 both ends. Flowers in May, white, star- 

 shaped, the radiating petals being sharply 

 pointed. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. europaea (ClvicTciveed Winter 

 Green). — A graceful British plant 4-9 in. 

 high, with slender wiry stems, leafy at the 

 top. Leaves 1^3 in. long, shining, rigid, 

 obovate or lance-shaped, narrowed into 

 short stalks. Flowers in June and July, 

 white, ^^ in. across, starry, on thread-like 

 stalks. 



Culture dtc. as above. This species 

 fiourishes in peaty borders among Erica- 

 ceous plants, or the lower parts of the 

 rock garden among mossy rocks. 



GLAUX (Sba Milkwort). — A genus 

 containing only the following species : — 



G. maritima. — A pretty and rather 

 fleshy herbaceous perennial, native of the 

 sea shores and river mouths of Britain 

 and the North temperate hemisphere 

 generally. It grows 3-6 in. high, and has 

 a creeping rootstock, and small opposite 

 linear or somewhat spoon-shaped fleshy 

 leaves less than 1 in. long. The small 

 white or pink flowers appear in June and 

 July and are borne in the axils of the 

 leaves. There is no corolla, its place 

 being taken by the coloured bell-shaped 

 calyx which has obovate-oblong lobes. 

 The 5 stamens are arranged at the base 

 of the calyx around the free ovoid glandu- 

 lar ovary. 



Culture cmd Propagation. — This little 

 plant is suitable for moist or muddy places 

 and may be grown on the edges of bogs in 

 sandy soil. It may be increased by seeds 

 sown in moist soil when ripe, where the 

 plants are to grow. 



ANAGALLIS (Pimpernel). — A 

 genus containing about 12 species of 

 usually very smooth annual, biennial, or 

 perennial, erect, diffuse, or creeping herbs 

 with roundish or 4-angled stems. Leaves 

 opposite or ternately whorled, the tipper 

 ones rarely all alternate, sessile, or shortly 

 stalked, entire. Flowers axillary, scarlet, 

 blue, or rose. Calyx 5-parted. CoroUa 

 hypogynous, 5-parted, rotate or beU- 

 shaped, with entire or blunt erose con- 

 torted segments. Stamens 5. Ovary 

 superior, round. Capsule many-seeded, 

 dehiscence ciroumsoissile. 



Culture and Propagation. — The annu- 

 als, biennials, and perennials may all be 

 raised from seed sown in spring, the 

 annuals where they are to bloom, the 

 others in pans or boxes from which the 

 seedlings can be transplanted later on. 

 The perennials may also be increased by 

 cuttings of the young shoots put in sandy 

 soil under a handlight; or they may be 

 divided in the autumn or spring. 



Pimpernels flourish in ordinary garden 

 soil and may be effectively used in masses 

 in the border, and as edgings to flower- 

 beds. 



A. coUina alba. — A pretty little peren- 

 nial with short, erect crowded stems 

 thickly set with small lance-shaped leaves. 

 Flowers from April to June, white, with a 

 yellow centre, freely produced. 



Culture dc. as above for A. Unifolia. 



A. fruticosa. — A pretty annual or bi- 

 ennial about 2 ft. high, native of Morocco, 

 with 4 oval, lance-shaped leaves in a 

 whorl. Flowers from May to August, 

 large, vermiUon, with a deeper centre, 

 solitary, on slender axillary stalks. 



Culture dc. as above. Eaised from 

 seeds sown annually. 



A. grandiflora. — A compact free-flower- 

 ing annual 4-6 in. high. Flowers from 

 May to September, variable in colour, but 

 deep blue and vermilion-red predominate. 

 There are several varieties, the best known 

 being cornea and rosea. 



Culture dc. as above. Raised from 

 seeds sown annually. 



A. indica. — A traUing Indian annual 

 about 1 ft. high, with small intense blue 

 flowers in July. 



Culture dc. as above. Raised from 

 seeds sown annually. 



A. Unifolia {A. MonelU).— A bea.utifal 

 Portuguese perennial 9-12 in. high, with 

 opposite leaves. Flowers in July, about 

 i in. across, brilliant blue. There are 

 many varieties, the best being Breweri 

 (or Philipsi), red; Augenie, blue, edged 

 with white ; Ulacina, lilac flowers in 

 May ; Napoleon III., crimson-maroon ; 

 Parksi, large, red; phcenicea, scarlet; 

 samgvAnea, blood-red ; and wilmoreana, 

 bright bluish-purple, with a yeUow eye. 



Culture dc. as above. Except on the 

 south coast these plants require a little 

 protection in winter. It is probably better 

 to raise a fresh stock of plants every 



