Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . which is not probable, it may beused with good effect in some positions in the rock moschata is a much more diminutive species, growing October 14, 1896.] Garden and Forest. 417 only about three inches high, but it forms a perfect carpet ofits pretty leaves, which are also reniform, but with lobed is a native of New Zealand, and of the two species I considerthis one the better. Calandrinia longiscapa is a Chilian species of this genus. Itgrows to a height of eighteen inches, with branching f
Garden and forest; a journal of horticulture, landscape art and forestry . which is not probable, it may beused with good effect in some positions in the rock moschata is a much more diminutive species, growing October 14, 1896.] Garden and Forest. 417 only about three inches high, but it forms a perfect carpet ofits pretty leaves, which are also reniform, but with lobed is a native of New Zealand, and of the two species I considerthis one the better. Calandrinia longiscapa is a Chilian species of this genus. Itgrows to a height of eighteen inches, with branching fleshy leaves are opposite, oblanceolate in outline, threeinches long by one and a half wide. The small pink flowersare borne on rather long terminal panicles, and, like othermembers of the Purslane family to which it belongs, openingonly in bright sunlight. After flowering it produces small,globular, scarlet seed-vessels, which are rather attractive. Cucubalus baccifer is a trailing plant with stems a yard longoppositely branched at intervals of two inches, each branch. blue color inside, and white outside. The shape of the flowerdiffers from the Pea in having the petal called the standardbelow instead of above. It is easily propagated by seeds. Coronilla seorpioides is a low, straggling annual with stemsa foot and a half long. The almost sessile trifoliate leaves arealternately disposed on the stems. The leaflets are ovate, theterminal ones larger than the side leaflets, being one inch longby three-quarters wide. They are glaucous and of a bluishgreen color. The small yellow flowers are borne on shortpeduncles in the axils of the leaves. They closely resemblethe flowers of Scorpiurus, and the fruit has a tendency tomimicry of some insect, as Scorpiurus does. It is a native ofPersia, and is easily raised from seeds sown in the open rubra is a trailing plant belonging to the Goosefootfamily. The leaves are somewhat fleshy,oblanceolate in outline, three inches long
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