. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. LEADWORT FAMILY The flowers are separately stalked, but clustered in dense hemi- spherical heads, surrounded by an involucre of bracts whose bases are continued as a translucent tube some distance down the scape. Armeria vulgaris, the most common form in cultivation, makes broad tufts of dark-green, linear foliage and bears its purplish- lilac flowers in loose heads, on stems averaging six inches Thrift Artnh-ia vuigiris The name Thrift apparently was given by s
. Our garden flowers; a popular study of their native lands, their life histories, and their structural affiliations. Flowers. LEADWORT FAMILY The flowers are separately stalked, but clustered in dense hemi- spherical heads, surrounded by an involucre of bracts whose bases are continued as a translucent tube some distance down the scape. Armeria vulgaris, the most common form in cultivation, makes broad tufts of dark-green, linear foliage and bears its purplish- lilac flowers in loose heads, on stems averaging six inches Thrift Artnh-ia vuigiris The name Thrift apparently was given by some one who marked how the plant growing on the scantiest soil possessed that virtue which made good use of small things. Shrubby Plumbago, Plumbhgo capensis, is a tender South Afri- can climbing shrub, which is often turned out from the green- houses in late spring to bloom in the garden until frost comes. The inflorescence in flower and cluster suggests phlox, but the color is a soft azure blue. 336. 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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