. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1622 SCABIOSA late; those of the stem pinnately divided with linear lobes, the upper linear-lanceolate: involucral bracts ob- tuse: tis. lilac or blue, 1-2 in. across. .June-Aug. Not known to be in the trade, -S. rnrin, Hort., lieing presum- ably mixed varieties of N. ulj-apKr/nin a. 2262. Scabiosa atropurpurea
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 1622 SCABIOSA late; those of the stem pinnately divided with linear lobes, the upper linear-lanceolate: involucral bracts ob- tuse: tis. lilac or blue, 1-2 in. across. .June-Aug. Not known to be in the trade, -S. rnrin, Hort., lieing presum- ably mixed varieties of N. ulj-apKr/nin a. 2262. Scabiosa atropurpurea (X is). 3. Columbaria, Linn. A hardy perennial ciuite variable in character, 2 ft. high: stem branching, glabrous or nearly so; radical Ivs. ovate-obtuse, crenale, membra- nous, pubescent on both sides; stem-lvs. glal)rous, pin- nately parted, the segments linear, entire or slightly incised: fls. blue, in ovate-globular heads on long pu- bescent peduncles. June-Sept. Eu., Asia, Afr. —Var. Alba is cult. 4. atropurpHrea, Linn. {ti. mjijor, Hort.). Sweet Scabious. Fig. 22C2. An annual branching plant about 2 ft. high: radical Ivs. lanceolate-ovate, lyrate, coarsely dentate; stem-lvs. pinnately parted, the lobes oblong, dentate or cut: fls. dark purple, rose or white, in long- peduncled heads, becouiiug oval'- or ol">long in fr. July-Oct. S. Eu. , I., lis. 247. ^ 12:1203. — Vars. candidissima, coccinea, compacta, major, nana and piimila axe often offered as if they were distinct species, as S. nana, etc 5. stellata, Linu. An annual plant, hairy, simple or somewhat branched, C-18 in. high: Ivs. cut or somewhat lyrate, the terminal lobe large, obovate, dentate, the upper ones often pinnately parted : fls. blue, in long- peduncled heads ; corolla 5-cleft, the lobes radiate. June and later. S. Eu. C. brachiata, Sibth. & Sm. Au annual species aliout 1 ft. high: lower Irs. ovate-oblong, the upper pinnately cut, lyrate; the lower lobes decurrent, the terminal
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