. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. LINUM LIPPIA 929 AA. Plant perennial: fls. yellow or Hue {white vars.). B. Bloom yellow (L. trigyniim, which may be sought here, will be found under the genus Reinwardtia). Ilivum, Linn. Erect from a somewhat woody base, glabrous, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. lanceolate or linear, alternate: ils golden yellow, in a much branc
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. LINUM LIPPIA 929 AA. Plant perennial: fls. yellow or Hue {white vars.). B. Bloom yellow (L. trigyniim, which may be sought here, will be found under the genus Reinwardtia). Ilivum, Linn. Erect from a somewhat woody base, glabrous, 1-2 ft.: Ivs. lanceolate or linear, alternate: ils golden yellow, in a much branching cyme, the showy petals much exceeding the glandular-ciliate sepals. Eu. 312. —A good half-hardy perennial, but not popu- larly known in this country. BB. Bloom blue (or white). perfinne, Linn. Fig. 1301. Erect-growing and branchy, glabrous, 1-2 ft. tall: ivs. linear and acute, alternate: fls. rather small, azure blue (there is a white-fld. form), on the ends of slender pedicels, the styles and stamens of different lengths (fls. heterogonous) in different lis.: capsules ovoid, dehiscent, on inclined pedicels. Eu.— Worthy hardy perennial, summer-blooming, often flow- ering the first year from seed. L^wisii, Pursh (L. perenne, var. Liwisii, Eaton & Wright). The West American representative of the above, and scarcely distinguishable from it except that the fls. are not heterogonous, pedicels more erect in fruit, calyx nerves not evident. Fls. 1% in. across, clear sky- blue, very pretty. 14:1163 (as L. Sibiricum, var. Lewisii). Austriacum, Linn. (L. perinne, var. Austrlacttm, Voss). Lvs. linear, punctate: fls. rather small, violet- red or light blue : fruiting pedicels horizontal or re- flexed. Austria. —Hardy North, growing 1-2 ft. high and blooming all summer. NarbonnSnse, Linn. One to 2 ft. high, forming a spreading clump, glabrous and slightly glaucous, and very handsome for rockwork : lvs. linear-lanceolate, pointed, alternate: fls. 1% in. across, on sl
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