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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GABDEN PLANTS 



GILIA 



colour, and borne in dense rounded, 

 ' clammy heads. 



Culture do. as above. 



C. heterophylla. — A native of N.W. 

 America, 1-1^ ft. high, with alternate 

 stalked, deeply and twice pinnately cut 

 leaves, having lance-shaped acute, downy 

 segments. Flowers in summer, purplish, 

 few, in sessile heads. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. linearis. — A native of the same 

 region and about the same height as the 

 preceding. Leaves varying from linear 

 to broadly lance-shaped, the shorter ones 

 almost ovate, waved, entire. Flowers 

 from May to July, yellowish-brown, in 

 dense terminal heads, surrounded by a 

 leafy involucre. 



Culture dc. as above. 



GILIA. — A genus containing about 

 65 species of annual rarely perennial herbs, 

 various in habit and inflorescence. Calyx 

 bell-shaped, or tubular, with entire or 

 cut segments. CoroUa salver-, funnel-, or 

 bell-shaped, or rotate. Stamens 5, some- 

 times protruding. Capsule ovoid oblong 

 or cylindrical 3-valved, many-seeded. 



Culture and Propagation. — Gilias 

 flourish in light soil enriched with well- 

 rotted manure. They should be grown in 

 masses to produce an effect, and are use- 

 ful for beds by themselves, or for edgings 

 to borders &o. Seeds may be sown in 

 April, where the plants are to bloom ; or 

 in cold frames in autumn as soon as ripe 

 to secure larger plants to flower earlier 

 the following year. In a cut state the 

 flowers last a long time in water, and are 

 therefore useful for rooA decoration. 



The genus Leptosvphon is now included 

 with Gilia, and the many pretty hybrids 

 known under that name may be grown as 

 above recommended. A packet of mixed 

 seeds will probably yield a very fine 

 assortment of colours such as yellow, 

 orange, red, purple, rose, violet, and in- 

 termediate shades and blendings. 



G. achillesfolia. — A Californlan 

 annual, about 1 ft. high, with leaves twice 

 or thrice pinnately cut into linear awl- 

 shaped segments. Flowers in August, 

 purple-blue, in many-flowered capitate 

 corymbs, on long stalks. There are 

 varieties with white and red flowers. 



Culture So. as above. 



G. androsacea (Leptosiphon paroi- 

 florua rosaceus). — A pretty Californian 



species, 9-12 in. high, with narrow 

 opposite pabnately cut leaves. Flowers 

 in August, lilac, pink, or whitish, with a 

 dark or yellow throat. The variety 

 rosacea has rose-red flowers, and albus 

 has white ones. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. Brandegei. — A perennial species, 

 9-12 in. high, native of Colorado, with 

 leaves pinnately cut into numerous small 

 leaflets. Flowers in summer, golden- 

 yeUow, funnel-shaped, several in a short, 

 racemose, leafy cluster. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. capitata. — A native of N.W. 

 America 1-2 ft. high, with leaves twice 

 pinnately cut into linear segments. 

 Flowers in summer, blue, without stalks, 

 in dense heads. There is also a white- 

 flowered variety. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. coronopifolia {Ipomopsis elegans). 

 A beautiful annual 9-18 in. high, with 

 leaves pinnately cut into loose, thread- 

 like, pointed segments. Flowers in June, 

 scarlet, 3-4 together, in the axils of the 

 upper leaves, the middle one opening 

 first. CoroUa salver-shaped, less than 1 

 in. across, with a tube about 1 in. long, 

 and a calyx with 5 long awl-shaped 

 segments. Stamens protruding. 



A splendid plant for cutting. The 

 scarlet flowers, if closed for the want of 

 water for 2 or 3 days, wiU open again in 

 fresh water if not too far gone. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. densiflora {Leptosiphon densi- 

 florus). — A Californian annual, with 

 somewhat rigid leaves, cut into thread- 

 like divisions. Flowers in June, lilac or 

 whitish, slightly if at all protruding 

 beyond the calyx. There is a white- 

 flowered variety, and also one called 

 nanus, which is dwarfer and more com- 

 pact in habit than the type, and well 

 suited for edgings &c. 



Culture dc. as above. 



G. dianthoides (Fenzlia dianthiflora). 

 A showy little Californian annual, 2-5 

 in. high, with narrow, linear leaves. 

 Flowers in July, lilac or piurple, usually 

 with a darker or yellowish throat. There 

 is also a form with white flowers. 



Culture dc. as above. This species 

 does well sown in autmnn, and makes 

 a good ground carpeting. 



