. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. MATRIMONY VINE The plant was named by Linnsus in honor of Dr. John Browall. While the two were friends it was Browallia elata, but after they quarrelled, Linnaeus changed it to Browallia demissa, the name it still bears in the books. MATRIMONY VINE Lycium vulgare. Lycium, from Lycia, the home of the type. A somewhat spiny shrub, with long, slender, climbing or trailing branches, often trained upon a wall or upon the side of the house. Western Asia. Summer and autumn. S


. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. MATRIMONY VINE The plant was named by Linnsus in honor of Dr. John Browall. While the two were friends it was Browallia elata, but after they quarrelled, Linnaeus changed it to Browallia demissa, the name it still bears in the books. MATRIMONY VINE Lycium vulgare. Lycium, from Lycia, the home of the type. A somewhat spiny shrub, with long, slender, climbing or trailing branches, often trained upon a wall or upon the side of the house. Western Asia. Summer and autumn. Stem.—Spiny; branches weak, long, slen- der, recurved or climbing. Leaves.—Small, alternate, oblong or obo- vate, entire, commonly with smaller ones clus- tered in their axils. Flowers.—Pale-purple, solitary or clustered in the axils, fading to dull yellow. Calyx.—Bell-shaped, three to five-lobed, persistent. Corolla.—Funnel-form, spreading, pale purple aging to yellow, four or five-lobed. Stamens.—Five, exserted. Ovary.—^Two-celled; style thread-like; stig- ma capitate. Fruit.—Oval berry, orange-red. The Matrimony Vine has neither ten- drils nor twining habit, but when trained to supports on a veranda or house wall, the effect is good. The common name is suggested by the flowers in the axils of the leaves growing side by side. The fruit is very decorative in autumn. Lycium chinense, a recent acquisition of our gardens, is desira- ble because of its larger scarlet Matrimony Vine. mtlgare Lycium 393. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Keeler, Harriet L. (Harriet Louise), 1846-1921. New York, C. Scribner's Sons


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