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spreading too rapidly, and by their vigour 

 crushing out less robust plants. When 

 necessary they may be increased by seeds 

 and division, as mentioned above. 



There are a few otlier species of Pox- 

 glove in cultivation, but they do not possess 

 the value or brilliancy of the common one. 

 The best are duhia, purple ; ferruginea, 

 rusty brown; lacmiata, yellow, with 

 jagged leaves ; Imvigata, soft brown ; 

 Icmata, white veined with pink ; httea, 

 yellow ; ma/riana, rosy ; obscura, golden- 

 yellow, shaded and veined with brown ; 

 and Thapsi, purple with a pale throat, 

 spotted with blood-red. 



ERINUS. — This genus contains only 

 the following species : — 



E. alpinus. — A pretty Pyrenean tufted 

 perennial 5-6 in. high, with alternate, 

 oblong spoon-shaped, erenate or toothed, 

 hairy leaves. Flowers from March to 

 June, violet-puiple, in simple one-sided 

 racemes at the ends of the branches. 

 Calyx 5-parted, with oblong, linear seg- 

 ments. Corolla tube slender, with a 

 spreading 5-lobed limb, divided into two 

 lips. Stamens 4, didynamous. The variety 

 Mrsutus is more vigorous than the type, 

 and covered with a hairy down. There is 

 a variety with white flowers called alhus. 



Culture amd Propagation. — A suitable 

 plant for the rockery in stony or gritty 

 loam and peat in positions where the 

 water will readily pass away and where 

 the full force of the summer sun wUl not 

 scorch it.' It does not stand the winter 

 well on level ground, and is more at home 

 on old walls or ruins in the chinks of 

 which seeds may be sown. The plants 

 may be increased by dividing the tufts 

 early in autumn or spring, but seed is the 

 more usual method. It is sown in well- 

 drained sandy peat about April or May, 

 and when the plants have become large 

 enough to handle easily, they are pricked 

 out into pots or pans and grown on until 

 the next spring before planting out. 

 Young plants thus raised should be shel- 

 tered in cold frames in winter. 



OURISIA. — A genus containing about 

 18 species of low, decumbent, or slightly 

 creeping, smooth, and scarcely hairy herbs. 

 Leaves opposite, sometimes all alike or 

 the radical ones stalked, the upper ones 

 almost absent or reduced to bracts ; some- 

 times, but more rarely the upper ones, 

 alternate, quite entire or often erenate. 

 Flowers often scarlet or pink. Calyx 5- 



cleft or parted. Corolla tube cylindrical 

 or bell-shaped, often widened at the throat ; 

 lobes 5, spreading, blunt, or emarginate, 

 nearly equal. Stamens 4, didynamous. 



O. coccinea. — ^Ahandsome dwarf trailer 

 6-12 in. high, native of the Chilian Andes. 

 Leaves mostly radical, oval, or oblong, 

 unevenly but not deeply notched. Flowers 

 from May to September, scarlet, drooping, 

 about 1^ in. long, in panicled clusters. 

 Stamens protruding. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 species requires to be grown in particu- 

 larly well-drained soU. Moist sandy peat 

 suits it best with a little sand or grit 

 added. A hot, dry, and exposed position 

 is generally fatal to it. A west or north 

 aspect is best, so that the plant may have 

 plenty of light but not too much glaring 

 sun. A few rough stones may be placed 

 about the plants, and in favourable posi- 

 tions they will soon be covered with the 

 shoots of green leaves and brilliant flowers. 

 It is an excellent little plant for the flower 

 border, rockery, or bog garden. 



SYNTHYRIS.— A genus of smooth 

 or hairy thick rooted perennials with 

 radical, stalked, ovate or oblong and 

 erenate or deeply cut leaves. Flowers 

 blue or reddish, in racemes or spikes. 

 Calyx 4-cleft. Corolla roundish bell- 

 shaped usually 4-lobed. Stamens 2. 



S. reniformis. — A distinct N. American 

 perennial 6-9 in. high, with leathery 

 kidney heart-shaped leaves 1^-2J in. 

 across and doubly toothed on the 

 margins. The pale violet-blue flowers, 

 with oblong lance - shaped unequal 

 corolla lobes, appear in April in loose 

 erect trusses 4-6 in. long. 



Culture and Propagation. — This 

 plant thrives in ordinary good and well- 

 drained garden soil and naay be used in 

 masses in the rock garden. It may be 

 increased by seeds sown in cold frames 

 when ripe, or in spring, and also by 

 dividing the roots in spring. 



WULFENIA. — A genus with 4 species: 

 of smooth or slightly hairy perennial herbs, 

 having a thickened rootstock, and almost 

 radical, stalked, erenate leaves. Flowers 

 blue, without bracteoles in racemes or 

 spikes at the top of the scapes. Calyx 5- 

 parted. Corolla tube protruding, cylin- 

 drical ; Hmb 4-lobed, erect, spreading, the 

 upper lobe emarginate or 2-cleft. Stamens 

 2, attached to the sinus of the corolla-lobes, 

 protruding. 



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