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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO QABDEN PLANTS gentiana 



spreading lobes, about 1^ in. long, and 

 borne singly at the tips of the shoots. 

 Culture dc. as above. 



G. ciliata. — A native of the German 

 mountains, with flexuose angular stems 

 about 9 in. high, and lance-shaped and 

 linear leaves. Flowers in August and 

 September, pale blue ; corolla 4-lobed, with 

 serrated segments finely cut in the middle. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 grows well in rather dry positions, and 

 may be used in such places in the rookery, 

 between masses of stone. 



G. crinita. — AN. American species, 

 6-9 in. high, with erect rounded stems, 

 and lance-shaped acute leaves. Flowers 

 in June and July, pale or indigo blue, 

 with a 4-lobed, finely cut or fringed corolla. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 grows well in moist peaty weU-drained 

 soil in partially shaded spots. 



G. cruciata. — A native of the Alps, 

 with ascending rounded stems about 1 ft. 

 high, and broadly lance-shaped leaves 

 united at the base. Flowers in June and 

 July, pale blue dotted with green in the 

 throat, crowded in the axils of the leaves 

 and the ends of the stems ; corolla tubular 

 beU-shaped, with 4 lobes, arranged cross- 

 wise, and having a small sharply 2-cleft 

 or jagged scale between the lobes. 



Culture dc. as above. This species is 

 easily grown in the ordinary flower border 

 in open sunny or partially shaded positions. 

 It has, however, a somewhat straggling 

 and untidy habit, and is on the whole 

 more suited for the rock garden. 



G. decumbens. — A Himalayan species 

 with linear lance-shaped leaves, having 

 roughish margins. Flowers in summer, 

 blue, narrowly funnel-shaped, with 5 

 short ovate lobes, borne in raceraose 

 cymes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. Fetisowi. — A very smooth tall- 

 growing species, native of Turkestan, 

 having narrow lance-shaped 5-nerved 

 leaves clustered at the base. Flowers in 

 July and August, deep blue, in dense ter- 

 minal clusters, and solitary or clustered 

 in the axils of the leaves ; corolla tubular, 

 beU-shaped, with slightly acute segments. 

 Q. Olivieri glomerata is a similar plant 

 from the same region, but has narrower 

 leaves. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. frigida. — This Gentian is a native 

 of the alpine regions of the N. hemisphere, 

 and seldom grows taller than 6 in. high. 

 The leaves are narrow, thiokish, and 

 linear, and the funnel-shaped flowers, 

 about 2 in. long, are produced in August 

 and September, 1-3 at the tips of the 

 shoots. They are yellowish-white in 

 colour, dotted with purple, and last weU. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 likes rich moist peat and loam, and open 

 situations facing north or east. 



G. Frcelichi. — A stemless speciesnative 

 of Carinthia. It has rosettes of thickish 

 linear oblong leaves, and produces large 

 solitary blue flowers in summer, on staJks 

 ^-1| in. long, with a pair of leafy bracts 

 at the base of the 5-toothed calyx. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. gelida. — A Caucasian plant about 

 6 in. high, with ascending 4-angled stems 

 and lance-shaped leaves. Flowers in 

 June and July, blue, bell-shaped, clustered 

 in the axils of the leaves and tips of the 

 shoots ; corolla 5-lobed, with short alter- 

 nating jagged scales. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. Kesselrlngi. — Anative of Turkestan 

 with stems about 8 in. high, vi^th linear 

 lance-shaped acute leaves at the base, 

 and oblong-lance-shaped ones higher up. 

 Flowers in July and August, whitish, 

 dotted outside with violet, in terminal 

 clusters ; ooroUa tubular, swollen in the 

 middle, and having 5 ovate spreading 

 lobes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. Kurroo (Pneumonanthe Kurroo). 

 A handsome Himalayan rock plant having 

 bright green, very leathery leaves, elongate, 

 linear or oblong lanceolate in shape, and 

 channelled above. Flowers from July to 

 October, sky-blue, dotted with white in the 

 throat ; corolla narrowly beU-shaped, with 

 5 broadly ovate acute or pointed lobes. 

 There is a variety called brevidens, with a 

 dwarf spreading or trailing habit, and blue 

 flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. This is a very 

 free-growing species and if left undisturbed 

 will malie fine masses in the border or 

 rockery. It flourishes in a mixture of 

 well-drained moist peat and loam, and 

 during the summer months should be 

 freely watered. 



G. linearis (O-.pseudo-pneumonanthe). 

 A N. American species with slender stems 



