. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 48 Crncifcra:—Alysswn. 7. ALtSSUM. Annuals or dwarf branching shrubby perennials, often clothed with hoary stellate hairs. Leaves distant, or the radical ones tufted, usually entire. Flowers small, wh^te or yellow. Sepals equal. Petals entire or bifid. Filaments sometimes appen- diculate. Pods short, variable in shape ; seeds 2 to 10. About ninety speci
. Handbook of hardy trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants ... Based on the French work of Messrs. Decaisne and Naudin ...entitled 'Manuel de l'amateur des jardins,' and including the original woodcuts by Riocreux and Leblanc. Plants, Ornamental. 48 Crncifcra:—Alysswn. 7. ALtSSUM. Annuals or dwarf branching shrubby perennials, often clothed with hoary stellate hairs. Leaves distant, or the radical ones tufted, usually entire. Flowers small, wh^te or yellow. Sepals equal. Petals entire or bifid. Filaments sometimes appen- diculate. Pods short, variable in shape ; seeds 2 to 10. About ninety species are known, chiefly from the shores of the Medi- terranean. The name is said to be derived from a, privative, and Xvacra, madness, in allusion to the fabrdous properties attributed to the species ; hence the English jMadwort. 1. A. saxdtile (fig. 37).—A low slu'ubby branched peren- nial with whitish foliage and flowers of the brightest yellow. A common plant in cultivation, growing in dense tufts about. Fig. 37. Alj'BSum saxatile. (J nat. size.) a foot high, with close corymbs of small flowers. One of our handsomest early Sf)ring flowers. A. Gemonense is closely allied to this, and perhaps a variety of it, but it is a more vigorous and larger plant altogether. South of Europe. 2. A. maritimiini, syn. Koiiiga maritima.—A much-branched procumbent plant with slender wiry branches, less than a foot high, and small linear-lanceolate leaves, and small white flowers. The variegated form is very pretty, and extensively employed for edging, etc. Europe, Asia 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 Hemsley, W. Botting (William Botting), 1843-1924; Decaisne, J. (Joseph) Manuel de l'amateur des jardins. Boston, Estes & Lauriat
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