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PB ACTIO AL GUIDE TO GARDEN PLANTS teuceium 



a ring of hairs inside the tube, upper lip 

 oblong erect hooded, narrowed at the base, 

 bearded inside and on the margins, lower 

 lip spreading with 3 rounded lobes. 

 Stamens 4, didynamous. Nutlets obovoid 

 triquetrous. 



E. laciniata {Phlomis laciniaia). — A 

 graceful and distinct looking perennial 

 1-2 J ft. high, with tufts of leaves, 6 in. or 

 more long, pinnately cut into oblong 

 lanoe-shaped or linear, deeply jagged 

 segments, the upper stem leaves similar 

 but becoming gradually smaUer upwards. 

 Flowers from June to August, rosy- 

 purple, with a hairy yellow-hooded upper 

 lip, whorls 10-20-flowered, 8-12 on an 

 erect spike. The plant known aa,iherica 

 is probably only a variety with less hairy 

 leaves and yellow flowers, and seems to 

 be identical with a variety caX^ei fiava. 



Culture amd, Propagation. — As many 

 as 27 species have been described by 

 botanists, but that described above seems 

 to be the only one in cultivation. It 

 flourishes in a Hght rich soil in warm 

 sheltered positions, and produces a, good 

 effect on lawns or in large groups or beds, 

 but the plants are rarely seen to per- 

 fection. They may be increased by 

 division in autumn or spring, but better 

 plants are probably obtained from seed. 

 The latter should be sowif under glass in 

 spring in light rich soU, and the young 

 seedlings pricked out and grown on in 

 frames until the following spring, when 

 they may be transplanted to the open 

 border or bed 18-24 in. apart. 



T E U C R I U M (Germander). — A 

 genus of perennial herbs, shrubs, or under- 

 shrubs, of variable habit, having entire 

 toothed or incised and sometimes much 

 cut leaves, the upper ones often reduced 

 to bracts. Whorls usually 2-flowered, 

 axillary or in spiked racemes or terminal 

 heads. Calyx tubular or beU-shaped, 

 rarely inflated, 10-nerved with 6 more or 

 less equal teeth. Corolla limb somewhat 

 2-lipped, obliquely 5-lobed, the 2 upper 

 lobes very small, the 2 side ones larger, 

 and the lower one largest. Stamens 4, 

 didynamous, the 2 lower ones longest and 

 protruding. Nutlets obovoid, reticulate, 

 wrinkled. 



Culture amd Propagation, — Out of 

 the 100 species or so which have been 

 recorded those described below are among 

 the best for the hardy flower garden. 

 They all flourish in ordinary good garden 



soil. The herbaceous kinds may be 

 increased by seed and division, and the 

 shrubby ones by cuttings of the young non- 

 flowering shoots inserted in sandy soU in 

 cold frames in spring or summer in the 

 same way as the Phlomises (p. 757). 



T. Chamsdrys {WildQermamder). — A 

 compact stiffly hairy European and British 

 perermial 6-10 in. high, with ovate or 

 oblong deeply toothed leaves usually 

 shining green, sometimes hairy. Flowers 

 from July to September, rosy-purple, | in. 

 long, the lower lip spotted with white and 

 red. 



Culture do. as above. Useful for bor- 

 ders, rockeries, ruins, old walls &c. in light 

 soil. Increased by seed and division. 



T. hircanicum. — A downy Persian 

 perennial 1-2 ft. high, having stalked, 

 bluntly ovate-heart-shaped, deeply crenate 

 leaves 1-3 in. long, sUghtly downy above, 

 and somewhat hoary beneath. Flowers 

 in September, reddish-purple, hairy out- 

 side, on short erect hairy pedicels ; spikes 

 dense, 3-8 in. long. 



Culture dc. as above. Increased by 

 seeds and division. 



T. Marum {Cat Thyme). — A dwarf 

 greyish shrub about 1 ft. high, native of 

 S. Europe. Leaves shortly stalked, entire 

 oval or lance-shaped, downy above, 

 whitish woolly beneath. Flowers in 

 summer, bright reddish-purple, in pairs 

 in the axils of the upper leaves, forming 

 an oblong rather crowded spike at the ends 

 of the branches. 



Culture and Propagation. — - This 

 species grows best in the warm southern 

 parts of the country in poor brick-rub- 

 bishy soU, and is useful for old walls, 

 ruins &c. As cats have a peculiar affec- 

 tion for this plant its presence in the 

 garden must be looked upon as an en- 

 couragement to these wanton plant 

 destroyers. Increased by cuttings. 



T. orientale. — A downy or hoary 

 perennial about 1 ft. high, native of the 

 Levant, leaves 1^-2 in. long, broadly 

 ovate in outline, once or twice pinnately 

 cut into linear, entire, or incised seg- 

 ments. Flowers in July and August, 

 blue, in loose stiffly hairy panicles. 



Culture dc. as above. 



T. Poiium. — A curious herb 3-5 in. 

 high, native of South Europe. Leaves 

 narrow, notched, densely covered with 

 soft white or yellowish down, as are also 



