. 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. 70 Caryophy llecE—Silene. Capsule 6-valved at the top. Seeds numerous, rough on the surface ; embryo curved. Nearly all the species are from the northern hemisphere, and especially abundant in the Mediter- ranean region. .So named from the Greek aiaXov, saliva, many species being covered with a viscid excretion, which is suffi- ciently adhesive in some
. 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. 70 Caryophy llecE—Silene. Capsule 6-valved at the top. Seeds numerous, rough on the surface ; embryo curved. Nearly all the species are from the northern hemisphere, and especially abundant in the Mediter- ranean region. .So named from the Greek aiaXov, saliva, many species being covered with a viscid excretion, which is suffi- ciently adhesive in some to hold small insects; hence the English name Catchfly. 1. S. Armeria.—An erect annual with unbranched viscid stems about 18 inches high, and glaucous smooth leaves. Flowers small, in dense terminal cymes, bright rosy carmine. A very pretty plant when grown in tufts. There are dull- coloured varieties and one quite white. This is occasionally met with in this country on old walls, &c. 2. S. compdcta (fig. 47).—A similar but much prettier. Fig. 47. Silene compacta. (} nat. size.) Fig. 48. Silene pendula. (J nat. size.) species from Southern Russin and the Caucasus. The flowers are of the same colour as in tlie pi-eeeding, but larger. It is, however, a tender and delicate phmt requiring a dry sheltered 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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