. 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. Umbelliferce—Astrantia. 211 lobes. Bracts and flowers pink or white. Central and Southern Europe, and occasionally as a garden outcast in this country. There are several varieties of this, some more highly coloured than others, and the best are worthy of a place in every garden. 4. TRACHYMENE {DvMsms). This is an Australasian genus of few species, with
. 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. Umbelliferce—Astrantia. 211 lobes. Bracts and flowers pink or white. Central and Southern Europe, and occasionally as a garden outcast in this country. There are several varieties of this, some more highly coloured than others, and the best are worthy of a place in every garden. 4. TRACHYMENE {DvMsms). This is an Australasian genus of few species, with the flowers in simple umbels, and the fruit very much flattened laterally. From rpa-xys, rough, and v^l,r|v, a membrane or skin. 1. T. ccerulea, better known as Didisous cceruleus.—This is the only familiar ornamental annual species of this family. It grows from 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves triternately divided into linear segments. Flowers bright blue. Fruit tubercular. 5. FERULA. ' Gigantic herbs with large much-divided leaves and tall branched inflorescence. Umbels compound; fruit dorsally com- pressed, almost flat, laterally winged. Natives of the Mediter- ranean region and Central Asia. The classical name. 1. F. communis (fig. 113). Giant Fennel.—This is ex-. F:3. 110. Ferula communis, p 2. 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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