1879.] LATE AUTUMN -FLOWERING PLANTS. 493 



met with in private gardens. The flowers are large, golden-yellow, 

 and appear in August, September, and October. 



Coreopsis auriculata and C. lanceolata are both early autumn flowers, 

 the former often lasting till the end of September or beginning of 

 October. The flowers of both are yellow. 



Rudbechia serotina, — A very striking plant, with very large purplish- 

 red flower-heads ; they appear in August and September. 



Echinops Ritro. — This is the only species fit for ornamental purposes ; 

 but objections would in many cases be raised to its somewhat coarse 

 and Thistle-like foliage, yet the plant is a most striking one, and, when 

 in flower, attractive also. The flower-heads are perfectly globular, 

 almost resembling balls of indigo in colour ; they last two or three 

 months. 



Galatella hyssopifolia. — A very showy Aster-like plant. It grows 

 about 18 inches high, with a branching corymb of beautiful pale-purple 

 flowers, opening in September and the two following months. 



Helianthus multiflorus, fl. p>l. — A very handsome plant, with large 

 showy orange-yellow flowers, like those of a double Suvfloicer in minia- 

 ture. It flowers in August, September, and October. 



Heldnum autumnale. — A very striking plant, somewhat coarse, yet 

 stately in habit, with large yellow flowers, opening from August to 

 October. 



Liatris Pycnostachya. — Flower -heads deep purple, in long close 

 spikes. The plant grows to the height of 2 or 3 feet, one-half the 

 length of stem being flower-spike ; the flowers open in August and 

 September. 



Linosyris vulgaris. — The flowers are yellow in terminal, much 

 branching, but nearly erect corymbs ; the plant about 18 inches high ; 

 flowering from August to November. 



Stokesia cyanea. — One of the very handsomest of autumn-flowering 

 Compositce, but not early enough to be fully enjoyed except in the 

 most favoured parts of Scotland. The plant is quite hardy, but flowers 

 so late in the season that it becomes spoiled before it fully expands. 

 It is well worthy of culture in pots for conservatory decoration, and, as 

 a matter of fact, has for some years been one of the most favoured 

 plants in Covent Garden Market in autumn and early winter. It 

 grows about 18 inches high, the stems terminating in large deep sky- 

 blue flowers. 



Solidago rigida. — The Solidagos are a very numerous class, but too 

 much alike in general appearance to present much that is useful from 

 an ornamental point of view. The sort just named is one of the most 

 distinct. It grows erect in a very rigid style to the height of about 3 

 feet, branching at the top into numerously branched racemose corymbs, 

 the branchlets taking a very horizontal direction from the main stem, 

 which is a very distinctive feature of the species ; the flowers, as in 

 nearly every species of Solidago, are yellow. 



