Box 1, Folder 3: Lapham's Collections

From Asa Gray — Bot. Gard. Cambridge, Mass — 1844 — May 20th

Azalea viscosa. Low: Shrub — May 2 ft white — Prop. by [illegible] sandy peat} Erica

Aristolochia sipho Pipe = Vine — Climbing — June 30 ft. Yel. Br. — [illegible] — (sandy peat) Aristolochiae

Amygdalis nana Double flowering Almond — 3 ft.

Betonica stricta} Betony Dedicuous Herb. perennial July July 30ft yel ([illegible]) sandy peat} [Labrilaea?] carnea}

Chionanthus virginica — Fringe tree High Shrub — May — white — 30 ft layers} Oleacea peat and loam}

Cytisus capitatus Low Shrub — June — yellow 3 ft — (seeds)} Leguminaea sandy loam}

Clethra alnifolia Low Shrub — Aug. 4 ft. white layer (sandy peat) Ericaeae

Colutea arborescens Bladder Senna High Shrub ^ 10ft June yellow (Legume seed — common soil}

Clematis vilicilla Climbing — purple 20 ft June — seed — common garden soil Ranunculae

alpina [illegible] "

integrifolia 2 ft June — Blue — herb. per.} " (Division of plant) — peat & loam

Chelone Lyoni 4 ft High — July purple — (Division — peat & loam) Scrophalacea

Calycanthus glaucus Willd — Carolina Allspice — Low 6 ft Shrub — May — red} Virginia to Florida. layer loam & peat} Flora I p[?]75

floridus Limn — " " — Low 6 ft Shrub — May — Brown}

Coronilla Low Shrub Leguminaeae

Cornichons Japonicus — Globe flower Low Shrub — May — yellow Tiliaceae

Cardamine Mateuse Cuckoo flower Low 1 ft — April — Double white — division Cruciferae

Cheiranthus cheiri — Wall flower — 2 ft apl. Orange seeds (rich mould) Cruciferae

Daphne Mezereum Merenlow 4 ft — Low Shrub. — Apl. — pink —cuttings Thymelaea

Dianthus Pink Double Caryophyllaceae

Dictamnus fraxinella 3 ft High — May=July — purple — Division of root} [Divinea?] peat & loam }

— alba 3 ft High May=July white " peat & loam } Rutacea

Euonymus latifolus ? 10 ft shrub Aug. — Layers — sandy peat — Celastracea

Gaura lindheimeri (Englemann) — (preserved through the winter from cuttings) Oragracea

Geranium macrorhiza — per hed. 1 1/2 ft May purple — Division of plant — sandy loam — Geranicea

striatum " " 1 ft May variegated

Helainthermun (White flowered European species) Rich Rose Cistaceae

Hemerocallis flora Day lily — [Evergre?] beds perm. yellow 2 ft [illegible] Divide sandy loam} Liliaceae

fulva — Engl herb. per. 4 ft High — July — red. Double — same — same — "

aurea "

disthicha " " " May — Orange same same "

caerulia " " " 1 1/2 ft " blue same peat & loam} "

japonica " " " 1 ft High Aug. white same same "

Hepatica Double red English Ranunculacea

Hibiscus mischetos Lim} 2 ft High [illegible] purple — Division — peat & loam

palustris Lim} 3 ft High — July — red " " " Malvacea

syriaceus Rose of Sharon 8 ft High Shrub — Aug purple — layers com. earth "

Hydrangea quercifolia Low shrub 4-5 ft June — Geoite Flower Saxifragaceae

Iris Florentina per. herb. 2 ft High — May — white [illegible] root peat & loam Iridoideae

Kalmia Angustifolia Sheep Laurel 5 ft May red Evergreen shrub Layer — sandy peat Ericaceae

latifolia — calico bush 8 ft May red

Lavendula epicatea

Lysimachia nummularia moneywort Evergreen Trailing — Low 3 inch — May Yellow [illegible] plant moist soil Primulacea

Lonicera Belgica — 20 ft Mauy — Yel. [illegible] Climbing Cuttings {common earth Caprifoliaceae

Malva alcea — herb. per. 3 ft July purple [illegible] of plant — common soil Malvaceae

Magnolia tripetala — Umbrella tree — 30-40 ft. May white — Layers — sandy loam Magnoliacea

purpurea Low shrub — May

Omphalodes verna — Blue Venus' naval wort — April — Low 6 inch} — Evergreen her. Apl blue Division of plant — com. soil Eryhobracea?

Orobus niger Dark purple vetch 3 ft High — May per. purple Div. Root — peat & loam Leguminacae

Potentilla Penneyana Rosaceae

Hopwood

Pulmonaria Virginica — Lungwort — per 1 1/2 ft High April — purple — division of plant, peat &. loam Boraginea

Paenia fragrens per. 2 ft High — June — red — divide roots } sandy loam Ranunculae

Whitlijel per. 2 ft High — June — white double — Divide Root } Ranunculae

Papaver bractiata per. 3 ft High May red } Divide root, common soil Papaveracea

orientale per 3 ft High May — scarlet } Divide root, common soil Divide root, com. soil Papaveracea

Phlox Wheeleri High Sept. red Polemoniaceae

decussata alba (var of next) 3 ft per. white Aug. — Division of plant — peat & loam paniculata " — pink " 3 ft High Augl purple & white undulata " red July Division of plant maculata " per. 4 ft High — May — purple — Div. of plant Philadelphus grandiflorus — (Spring) {Layers — common soil} High shrub 6 to 10 ft June — Viri. to Geo. Saxifragacae Primula veris — cowslip — evergreen herb. per. Low — Apl. yellow & red Div Sandy loam} Primulacae double yellow Pyrus Japonica Rhododendron maximum pink June Evergreen shrub 20 ft Layers sandy peat} Ericacae ponticum purple May Layer — sandy peat — 12 ft (shelter with leaves in winter) Rhus continus Fringe Tree 6 ft High shrub July — yellow Layer com. soil} Aricardiacae Rosa — Double native Rosaceae scotch — (R spinoysima L.) 2 ft June — Layers, peat & Loam yellow (R. lulea Mill) — 3 ft June bramble scotch — extra large alpine (Bornsault) R. alpine L. 3 ft June Layers — rich [illegible]

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Rheum palmatum Rhubard — per. May 5 ft white — Divide root common soil} Polygonacae Ribes aureum Missouri currant — 3 ft Low shrub April yellow cutting, rich mould} Grossulacae Robinia hispida — Rose Acacia 10 ft 10 ft Low shrub (white flower variety) June pink grafting sandy loam Leguminacae Symphonicarpus racemonis — snow berry Low shrub Aug variegated Caprifoliaceae Syringia sinensis —Chinese Lilac 4 ft violet — Layer — loam & peat Olinae Persica — Persian Lilac 5 ft Low shrub May — purple Layers sandy peat} Spriea bella red — 2 ft Low shrub — July layers com. soil Rosaceae filipendula Dropwort — Tuberous root — per. 2 ft — June — white — Division of plant common soil opulifoia — var. High shrub Layers — com. soil sorbifolia shrub4 ft — white — Propagated by suckers — common soil Salex pentandra — Bay leaved Willow shrub 15 ft April cuttings — moist soil. Arienticeae Trollus Europeus — Globe flower — 2 ft High — April yellow Division of plant, peat & loam Ranunculua Tilia Europea Lynden Tree 50 ft Layers Tiliceae Viola ordorata Low April — Double blue & white Violaceae cucullata Low — variegated tricolor (variety) Low April Verbena multifida Low June gentianoides — Low May blue Scophulaceae Yucca filamentosu 2 ft High Aug. white rich loam} Liliaceae