. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. THE BOOK OF GARDENING, There is a variety grown in gardens, fimhriata^ having rose- coloured flowers with white centres, VN^hich is certainly an improvement on the type. As its name implies, it has fringed petals (Fig. in). Another variety, with dark purplish flowers and of neat, compact habit, is known as purpurea \ it forms an ornamental plant for growing in dense patches in the border. Alyssum maritimum, often known as Kceniga inaritima^ is the Sweet Alys- sum. Though only growing 6in. high, it forms a charming li
. The Book of gardening; a handbook of horticulture. Gardening; Floriculture. THE BOOK OF GARDENING, There is a variety grown in gardens, fimhriata^ having rose- coloured flowers with white centres, VN^hich is certainly an improvement on the type. As its name implies, it has fringed petals (Fig. in). Another variety, with dark purplish flowers and of neat, compact habit, is known as purpurea \ it forms an ornamental plant for growing in dense patches in the border. Alyssum maritimum, often known as Kceniga inaritima^ is the Sweet Alys- sum. Though only growing 6in. high, it forms a charming little bedding plant, valuable also for rockwork and for edgings in the spring flower garden, producing, as it does, numerous small white flowers on its much-branched stem. It commences to flower in early spring, and continues throughout most of the sum- mer. It produces seed in abundance, and if not inter- fered with, will become self- FiG. III.—Agrostemma ccELi-RosA sown. It is an excellent FJMBRiATA. bec-plant, and is familiar in some gardens under the name of Alyssum odoratum. There are in cultivation two or three varieties of it, viz., Little Gem, a dwarf compact-growing plant, only 4in. high, suitable for edging, and Rock Alyssum, a dwarf, spreading plant, valuable for rockwork, baskets, or vases. Both varieties have white flowers. A variegated form is also grown. Amblyolepis setigera {Helenium seiigerwn).—A composite plant, with fragrant orange-yellow flowers. It is a native of Texas, and, in this country, grows from ift. to 2ft. high. Although seen at its best in July, it flowers most of the summer. Ambrosia mexicana is a fragrant hardy annual, growing 2ft. high ; it is valuable for bedding on account of its sweet-scented and ornamental foliage. Ammobium alatum (Winged Everlasting) is closely related to the Gnaphaliums. It has white, chaffy flowers, with numerous yellow disk-florets, borne from May to September; height from. Please note that these images are extracted
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