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PRACTICAL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS diospyeos 



autumn from seeds, cuttings, or division, 

 and winter in a cold frame. 



A. tenella (Bog Pimpernel). — A pretty 

 little British perennial having trailing 

 4-angled stems, and shortly stalked, 

 broadly ovate or roundish leaves, opposite 

 or nearly so. Flowers in July and August, 

 bell-shaped, I in. across, rosy with dark 

 veins, on rather stout stalks 1-2 in. long, 

 very freely produced. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 may be increased by seeds or division, and 

 should be grown in moist or boggy parts 

 of the rook garden, or suspended in pots 

 or pans half immersed in water. 



A. webbiana. — A Portuguese peren- 

 nial about 4 in. high, with several lance- 

 shaped leaves in a whorl. Flowers from 

 June to August, blue, with slightly toothed 

 petals. 



Cidiure do. as above for A. li/nifolia. 



CORIS. — This genus contains only 

 one species : — 



C. monspeliensis. — A pretty branching 

 Thyme-like plant about 6 in. high, native 

 of the Mediterranean region. Leaves 

 alternate, linear, spreading or recurved, 

 sinuate -toothed, clothing the stem from 

 bottom to top. Flowers in summer, 

 irregular, bright lilac, or rosy-purple, with 

 orange anthers, shortly stalked or nearly 

 sessile. Calyx tubular, bell-shaped, shortly 

 2-lipped, inflated at the base, 5-lobed. 

 Corolla hypogynous, tubular, bell-shaped, 

 somewhat 2-lipped, 5-lobed. Stamens 5. 

 Ovary superior, free. Capsule globose, 

 few-seeded. 



Culture and Propagation. — Although 

 a perennial, this species is usually best 



treated in British gardens as a biennial. 

 Seeds may be sown as soon as ripe in cold 

 frames, and the seedlings planted out in 

 the following spring. They flourish in dry 

 sunny parts of the rockery. 



SAMOLUS (Brookwbed). — A genus 

 with about 8 species of smooth herbs 

 sometimes shrubby at the base. Leaves 

 alternate, lower ones sometimes in rosettes, 

 linear oblong or spoon-shaped, entire. 

 Flowers regular, white, in terminal ra- 

 cemes or corymbs. Calyx half-superior, 

 5-cleft, adnate to the base of the ovary. 

 Corolla perigynous, rather bell-shaped, 

 5- lobed or parted, with roundish lobes. 

 Stamens 5, attached to the corolla tube. 

 Ovary more or less united to the calyx 

 tube, free above. Capsule ovoid or globose, 

 many-seeded. 



S. repens (8. UttoraUs). — A pretty 

 trailing perennial 6-12 in. high, native of 

 Australia and New Zealand. Lower leaves 

 stalked, ovate, or oblong, upper ones usu- 

 ally small, linear, or oblong. Flowers 

 in August, pinky-white, freely produced. 

 This species is sometimes known as 

 Sheffieldia repens. 



Culture and Propagation. — This is 

 the only species generally met with. It 

 flourishes in moist or boggy spots and is 

 suitable for the rock garden in peaty soil. 

 It may be increased by dividing the roots 

 in spring, 



8. Valera/ndi is a British species found 

 in ditches and Wet ground. It has obovate 

 or spoon-shaped leaves and white flowers 

 produced in racemes or corymbs from 

 June to September. It is, however, 

 scarcely worthy of notice from a cultural 

 point of view. 



LXIX. EBENACEiE— Persimmon and Ebony Order 



A natural order consisting of 6 genera and about 250 species of hard-wooded 

 trees or shrubs with alternate, rarely opposite, entire, often leathery leaves 

 without stipules. Flowers inconspicuous, regular, dioecious or rarely herma- 

 phrodite or polygamous. Calyx inferior, gamosepalous, with 3-7 valvate, 

 imbricate, or twisted lobes. Corolla gamopetalous, rotate, urn-shaped, bell- 

 shaped, tubular or salver-shaped, 3-7-lobed. Stamens sometimes equal in 

 number to the corolla lobes, sometimes twice as many or more, usually 

 hypogynous. Ovary superior ; styles 2-8. Fruit leathery or fleshy, usually 

 indehiscent, one- or few-seeded. 



DIOSPYROS (Date Plum). — A in axillary cymes, dioecious, rarely poly- 

 genus of trees or shrubs with alternate or gamous. Calyx and corolla 3-7- or 4-5- 

 rarely nearly opposite leaves. Flowers lobed. Stamens 4 or more, often 16. 



