CH^NOSTOMA 



FOXGLOVE OBDEB 



MIM0LUS 719 



stifBsh hairs. Corolla lobes broadly 

 obovate, deeply and bluntly notched at 

 the apex. 



This species is very free-flowering, and 

 its masses of white flowers look charming 

 with the carpet of green formed by the 

 foliage. It is viseful for borders or 

 edgings or small masses by itself. 



Culture dc. as above. 



CH/ENOSTOMA. — A genus of 

 about 26 species of smooth or downy, 

 sometimes rather clammy herbs or 

 midershrubs, with leaves nearly all 

 opposite, toothed or rarely quite entire, 

 the uppermost ones near the flowers 

 more or less bract-like and free from the 

 calyx. Flowers axillary or in terminal 

 racemes. Calyx 5-parted with linear or 

 lance-shaped segments. CoroUa decidu- 

 ous, with 5 entire, nearly equal spread- 

 ing lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous, 

 attached to the corolla tube, and more 

 or less protruding. 



Culture and Propagation. — These 

 plants grow readily in ordinary garden 

 soil, but are too tender for British winters. 

 They may be raised from seed sown in 

 February or March in a hotbed, and 

 very sparsely covered with soil. The 

 seedlings are pricked out into shallow 

 boxes or pans, and by the end of May 

 are fit to be transferred to the open 

 border, 6-9 in. apart. Seeds may also be 

 sown in August and September, but the 

 young plants will require greenhouse 

 protection during the winter. Cuttings 

 may also be made during August and 

 September, the plants thus obtained 

 being grown under glass during the 

 winter, either for conservatory decoration, 

 in pots, or for the border. All the species 

 are natives of S. Africa. 



C. cordata. — A somewhat trailing, 

 hairy species about l-^- ft. high, with 

 ovate-rounded, stalked and toothed 

 leaves, and masses of white axillary 

 flowers in June. 



Culture Sc. as above. 



C. fastigiata [Ma/milea fastigiata). — 

 A pretty dense compact-growing species 

 6-9 in. high, with oval lance-shaped 

 toothed leaves, and small rosy or reddish 

 flowers on spikes 6-9 in. long. The 

 variety alba has white flowers. 



Culture <£c. as above. 



C. hispida. — A pretty species 3-6 in. 

 or more high, with hairy and somewhat 



shi-ubby branches, having sessile, obovate 

 elliptic-toothed leaves {-i in. long. 

 Flowers in July and August, solitary, in 

 the axils of the leaves, soft pale lilac, 

 or nearly white, the upper ones in loose 

 racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



C. linifolia. — A shrubby species about 

 1 ft. high, having oblong lance-shaped or 

 linear, quite entire leaves and white and 

 yellow flowers in loose racemes late in 

 autumn. 



CiiUiire dc. as above. 



C. polyantha (Manulea multiflora). — 

 A dwarf, much-branched species about 

 4 in. high, with ovate toothed leaves 

 wedge-shaped at the base, the upper ones 

 being oblong in shape. Flowers in 

 summer, lilac and yellow, funnel-shaped, 

 in loose racemes. 



Culture dc. as above. 



MIMULUS (Monkey Flowbb).— A 

 genus containing about 40 species of 

 decumbent or erect, smooth or hairy, 

 sometimes clammy herbs, rarely tall 

 growing or shrubby. Leaves opposite, 

 undivided, entire or toothed. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, the upper ones some- 

 times in racemes at the ends of the 

 branches. Calyx tubular, rarely bell- 

 shaped, 5- angled or toothed, rarely 

 5-cleft. Corolla showy or rather small, 

 yellow, orange, red, violet, or rosy, with 

 a cylindrical tube ; limb 2-lipped, upper 

 one erect or reflexed 2-lobed ; lower one 

 3-lobed, saccate or concave at the base. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous. The genus 

 Diplacus is now included under Mimulus 

 and is chiefly distinguished by its shrubby 

 stems. 



Culture and Propagation. — Most of 

 the Monkey Flowers flourish in rather 

 damp soil and partially shaded situations, 

 and are very ornamental in the flower 

 border or near the margins of lakes, 

 ponds &c. They are increased by seeds, 

 which being exceedingly fine must be 

 sown with great care and evenness on a 

 finely prepared surface in gentle heat in 

 spring. They should not be covered. 

 As soon as the seedlings are large enough 

 to handle easily they may be pricked out 

 singly into small pots and grown under 

 glass, with a shift into larger pots before 

 they are ready for planting out at the end 

 of May. Or they may be grown entirely 

 in pots for conservatory decoration. 

 Seeds may also be sown at the end of 



