. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE SPOTTED DEAD- NETTLE. Ldlll'iKUl IIIKfllhll lim. 1 HE is an old i'rieud o£ the cottage garden. What is it— X sjiecies or a variely? And if a varietur, what name does the species Lear ? In the opinion of the writer Laiiiium pnrjmreuiit (the finrple dead- nettle), Jj. ulljuiii (the white dead-nettle);, and the plant before us are but forms of one and the same siJceies. But as the}^ differ in habits and i^pcct'., so also they differ in con- stitution. The first is an annual with broadish lieart-shajied leaves and rosy-purp
. Familiar garden flowers . Flowers; Plants, Ornamental; Floriculture. THE SPOTTED DEAD- NETTLE. Ldlll'iKUl IIIKfllhll lim. 1 HE is an old i'rieud o£ the cottage garden. What is it— X sjiecies or a variely? And if a varietur, what name does the species Lear ? In the opinion of the writer Laiiiium pnrjmreuiit (the finrple dead- nettle), Jj. ulljuiii (the white dead-nettle);, and the plant before us are but forms of one and the same siJceies. But as the}^ differ in habits and i^pcct'., so also they differ in con- stitution. The first is an annual with broadish lieart-shajied leaves and rosy-purple flowers; the second is a perennial with heart-shaped leaves, more pointed than the other, and white flowers; the third, which is here figured, has leaves of the same form as the last, l_)ut spotted with white, and the flowers are purple and some- what showy. Seen in a large p)atch in a rustic garden it makes a goodly show, aud the grand gardener occasionally takes it in hand to give colour to the rockery or to form an 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 Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890; Hulme, F. Edward (Frederick Edward), 1841-1909. London : Cassell
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