POLEMO'NIUM C^RU'LEUM. 
Var. grandiQoruni. 
LAKGE BLUE GREEK VALERtAN. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
POLEMONIACE^. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Inhabits 
Itritain. 
2 feet. 
May, June. 
Perennial 
Bushy pla. 
No. 1001. 
Polemoniiim is said to have been deduced from 
the Avord Polemos, Avar ; but AA'hy the Avord Avas 
used, or to A\'hat plant applied, is noAV but matter 
of conjecture. See No. 709. 
“ A beautiful variety (says Dr. Lindley) of this 
common floAver, has been raised in the garden of 
the Horticultural Society, from seed receiA'ed from 
India, through the East India Company. It is 
rather taller than usual ; and the floAvers, which 
are blue, are nearly three times as large as those 
of the common kind. It is a fine addition to the 
stock of biennial floAvers.” Here Dr. Lindley calls 
the plant a biennial, which appears to ha\’e been 
an oversight. It is an exceedingly showy, hardy, 
perennial ; and its flowers are not alone so much 
larger than the common vai’iety, but are produced 
more abundantly ; and possess a someAvhat brighter 
blue tint. 
This plant demands A'eiy little attention from 
its cultivator; Avill groAv in any common garden 
soil ; and may be readily increased by diAusion of 
its roots ; or it may be raised from seed, Avhich 
the plant never fails to ripen. 
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